Chapter #2: Rights and Interests in Real Estate

What guarantees the right of private ownership of real estate in the United States?

Which of the following is the best definition of real estate?

Which of the following is included in the legal concept of land?

What are the three unique physical characteristics of land?

The primary distinction between the legal concepts of land and real estate is that

The primary distinction between the legal concepts of real estate and real property is that

Which of the following is included in the bundle of rights inherent in ownership?

Which of the following is an example of intangible property?

The right to use real property is limited by

Surface rights, air rights and subsurface rights are

Which of the following terms refers to the rights of a property that abuts a stream or river?

What part of a non-navigable waterway does the owner of an abutting property own?

What is the “Doctrine of Prior Appropriation?”

Which of the following is considered real property?

The overriding test of whether an item is a fixture or personal property is

What is an emblement?

An item can be converted from real to personal property and vice versa by means of which processes?

The major sources of real estate law are legislation at federal, state and local level, and

What is the primary thrust of federal involvement in real estate law?

Which level of government controls zoning laws?

A grocer temporarily installs special fruit and vegetable coolers in a leased grocery store in order to prevent spoilage. The coolers would be considered which of the following?

Under the doctrine of littoral rights, an owner claims ownership of all of the land underlying a lake where there are three other abutting property owners. Which of the following is true?