Doctrines about land and its ownership: adverse possession, eminent domain, the curtilage of a house, ownerless property, peat-cutting rights, metes and bounds descriptions, the old rule that ownership follows the soil, and modern sale practice such as grant deeds, double closings and cure or quit notices. A doctrine belongs here when its cited article describes a rule of land or real property. It excludes intangible property and succession.
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Adverse possession (Wikipedia)
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Adverse possession in common law, and the related civil law concept of usucaption (also acquisitive prescription or prescriptive acquisition), are legal mechanisms under which a person who does not have legal title to a piece of property, usually real property, may acquire legal ownership based on continuous possession or occupation without the permission (license) of its legal owner.
Butts and bounds (Wikipedia)
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Butts and bounds, shortened form for "abuttals and boundaries" of a property, are the boundary lines delineated between plots of land, usually those which define the end of an estate, as used in legal deeds, titles, etc.
Cure or quit (Wikipedia)
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In landlord-tenant law, a notice to cure or quit is issued by a landlord when a tenant performs actions in violation of a lease.
Curtilage (Wikipedia)
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In common law, the curtilage of a house or dwelling is the land immediately surrounding it, including any closely associated buildings and structures, but excluding any associated "open fields beyond".
Double closing (Wikipedia)
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A double closing is the simultaneous purchase and sale of a real estate property involving three parties: the original seller, an investor (middleman), and the final buyer.
Eminent domain (Wikipedia)
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Eminent domain, also known as land acquisition, compulsory purchase, resumption, compulsory acquisition, or expropriation, is the compulsory acquisition of private property for public use.
Property law (Wikipedia)
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Property law is the area of law that governs legal rights, including ownership and tenure, in property.
Ratione soli (Wikipedia)
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Ratione soli or is a Latin phrase meaning "according to the soil" or "by reason of the ownership of the soil." In property law, it is a justification for assigning property rights to landowners over resources found on their own land.
Turbary (Wikipedia)
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Turbary is the ancient right to cut turf, or peat, for fuel on a particular area of bog.
Unowned property (Wikipedia)
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Unowned property includes tangible, physical things that are capable of being reduced to being property owned by a person but are not owned by anyone.
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