Legal Definition and Related Resources of Real Estate

The primary meaning of the term is land and tenements, and corporeal as well as certain incorporeal hereditaments. However, the term has by statutes and judicial decisions acquired extended meaning. Thus, oil and gas lease has been held to be real estate . See U.S. v Texas Eastern transmission Corp., (D.C.La.)254 F.Supp. 114. The term also has been defined as an estate in fee or for life in land. See Reeve v van Gilder, (Mo.App.) 264 S. W.2d893. In the absence of statutory provision in that regard , a leasehold for a term of years , not being a freehold , is a real estate only for conveyance purposes but otherwise chattel real. See Krall v Light, 210 S. W. 739, 240 Mo.App. 480.

Landed property, Including all estates and interests in lands which are held for life or for some greater estate, and whether such lands be of freehold or copyhold tenure. Wharton.

noun

• acreage
• block
• chattels real
• domain
• estate
• fee
• freehold
• ground
• hereditament
• land
• landed estate
• lot
• parcel
• plot
• property
• real property
• realty

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Real Estate in Historical Law

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Translate Real Estate Agency from English to Spanish

Translation of Real Estate Agency , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Agencia de bienes raíces and other legal terms is available here.

• Agencia de bienes raíces
• Oficina de bienes raíces
• Abuso sexual
• Ultraje sexual
• Estrupo
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Translate Real Estate from English to Spanish

Translation of Real Estate , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Bienes raíces and other legal terms is available here.

• Bienes raíces
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English Spanish Translation of Real estate

Bienes inmuebles, bienes raíces

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Real estate in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of real estate.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• real estate in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• real estate in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Real Estate Definition (in the Accounting Vocabulary)

The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants offers the following definition of Real Estate in a way that is easy for anybody to understand: Piece of land and all physical property related to it, including houses, fences, landscaping, and all rights to the air above and earth below the property.

Concept of Real Estate in the context of Real Property

Alternatives definitions of Real Estate: (1) Lands and anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, fences and those things attached to the buildings, such as light fixtures, plumbing and heating fixtures, or other such items which would be personal property if not attached. The term is generally synonymous with real property, although in some states a fine distinction may be made. (2) May refer to rights in real property as well as the property itself.

Concept of Real Estate in the context of Real Property

Alternatives definitions of Real Estate: (1) Lands and anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, fences and those things attached to the buildings, such as light fixtures, plumbing and heating fixtures, or other such items which would be personal property if not attached. The term is generally synonymous with real property, although in some states a fine distinction may be made. (2) May refer to rights in real property as well as the property itself.