building lease
A long-term lease of land that includes a covenant to erect or alter a building or other improvement. Cf. ground lease.
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real property
Land and anything growing on, attached to, or erected on it, excluding anything that may be severed without injury to the land. • Real property can be either corporeal (soil and buildings) or incorporeal (easements). — Also termed realty; real estate; fast estate. Cf. personal property (1). [Cases: Property 4. C.J.S. Property §§ 14–21, 23.]
private nuisance
A condition that interferes with a person’s enjoyment of property; esp., a structure or other condition erected or put on nearby land, creating or continuing an invasion of the actor’s land and amounting to a trespass to it. • The condition constitutes a tort for which the adversely affected person may recover damages or obtain
accommodation land
Land that is bought by a builder or speculator who erects houses or improvements on it and then leases it at an increased rent.
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stallage
stallage (stawl-ij), n. Hist. 1. The right to erect stalls in public markets. 2. The cost for that right.
positive covenant
A covenant that requires a party to do something (such as to erect a fence within a specified time).
realty
realty. Land and anything growing on, attached to, or erected on it, that cannot be removed without injury to the land. — Also termed real property. quasi-realty. Hist. Things that the law treats as fixed to realty, but are themselves movable, such as title deeds.
warren
warren (wor-[schwa]n orwahr-[schwa]n). 1. A place for the preservation of certain wildlife (such as pheasants, partridges, or rabbits). 2. A privilege to keep wildlife or game in a warren. 3. The area to which the privilege extends. free warren. A warren privilege giving the grantee the sole right to kill the wildlife to the extent
mill site
mill site. 1. A small tract of land on or contiguous to a watercourse, suitable for the erection and operation of a mill. [Cases: Manufactures 2.] 2. Mining law. A small parcel of nonmineral public land (not exceeding five acres) claimed and occupied by an owner of a mining claim because the extra space is
impotence
impotence (im-p[schwa]-t[schwa]nts). A man’s inability to achieve an erection and therefore to have sexual intercourse. • Because an impotent husband cannot consummate a marriage, impotence has often been cited as a ground for annulment. — Also termed impotency; physical incapacity; erectile dysfunction.