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SAMPLE REAL ESTATE DEFINITIONS

A selection of Property Terms from Real Estate Defined.

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The following is a further selection of some of the Terms (less than 5 per cent)
that are defined and explained in detail in this ONLINE Encyclopedia.

(Suffixes such as ^{(US) (Eng) (F)} indicate the country of primary, but not necessarily exclusive, use).

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H-K | L | M | N | O | P-Q | R | S | T | U-Z

A

absolute assignment,   absolute auction^(US),   absolute covenant,   absolute deed,   absolute estate,   absolute fee simple,   absolute leasehold^(Eng),   absolute liability,   absolute net lease^(US),   absolute order^(Eng),   absolute ownership,   absolute title,   absorption rate,   absque hoc^(Lat),   absque impetitione vasti^(Lat),   abstract,   abstract fees^(US),   abstract of title,   abstracted in chief,   abstracter^(US),   abstracter's certificate^(US),   abstracting,   abstraction approach^(AmE),   abstractor^(US),   abstractor's certificate^(US),   abusus^(Lat),   abuttal,   accrue,   acquisition^(F),   action ex delicto,   actual rate,   ad coelum usque ad centrum or ad coelum usque ad inferos^(Lat),   adjusted gross income (AGI)^(US),   advance commitment,   aedificium^(Lat),   age-life method of depreciation,   aggregate retail value (ARV)^(AmE),   agricultural holding^(Eng),   aleatory contract,   all the title,   alternative cost,   amortisation^(BrE) or amortization^(AmE),   anchor lease,   année^(F),   annuity capitalization,   apparent title^(US),   appraised value^(AmE),   arbitrage^(F),   area of special scientific interest^(Eng),   article of roup^(Scot),   assessment ratio^(US),   assize rent^(Eng),   at-risk rule^(US),   auction,   avant-projet^(F),   avulsion^(F)

B

bail (pl. baux)^(F),   Baltimore method of appraisal^(US),   bargainor,   basic rate,   bench mark or bench-mark,   best bid,   bill for specific performance^(US),   blighted area,   boc-land or bock-land^(Eng),   book rate of return (BRR),   brandon^(F),   brief of title^(US),   build-operate-transfer contract,   building density ratio^(Aus),   building regulation,   bungalow,   business trust

C

cabinet^(F),   call patent^(US),   capital appreciation,   capital value,   capture rate^(US),   cash available for distribution (CAD)^(AmE),   cashier's check^(AmE) or cashier's cheque^(BrE),   caveatable interest^(Aus/NZ),   certificat d'urbanisme (CU)^(F),   certificate of interest^(US),   certificate of zoning ordinance compliance^(US),   chain store,   charter-land^(Eng),   chose in action,   clandestine mortgage or clandestine charge,   closed-end investment company,   coassurance^(F),   collateral contract,   combination loan or combination mortgage,   commingling,   common at large^(Eng),   common of fishery,   commonhold,   commutative contract^(US),   compensation notice^(Eng),   compound amount of one,   concédant^(F),   condemnor^(US),   conditional upon,   conforming use,   considé ration^(F),   construction loan,   constructive possession,   contingent fee,   continuous servitude^(Civ),   contract rent,   contribution,   convertible-rate mortgage,   coparceny,   correlative water rights^(US),   cost-reimbursement contract,   coupled with an interest,   covenant for right to convey^(Eng),   cover note,   credit rating,   Crown grant,   current yield or current return

D

damnum fatale^(Lat),   De Donis Conditionalibus,   débiteur^(F),   declaration of covenants and restrictions^(US),   deed of bargain and sale^(US),   deed poll,   defect,   deferred value,   delinquent payment,   density,   dépôt^(F),   derivative security,   détail^(F),   development application^(Aus),   development valuation,   diminution of a claim,   discontinuance order^(Eng),   disentailing deed^(Eng),   distraint,   divided interest,   doctrine of stale demands^(US),   dominion,   double escrow^(US),   drainage ditch,   drop-lock debenture or drop-lock FRN,   durée (d'un bail)^(F)

E

easement by estoppel,   ecclesiastical benefice^(Eng),   effective floor area (EFA)^(BrE),   égout^(F),   empty nester^(US),   endowment mortgage,   enquiry,   entrepreneur^(F),   eo instanti^(Lat),   equitable land burden^(US),   equity capital,   equity sharing,   escalation lease^(US),   established use certificate^(Eng),   estate in entirety^(US),   estate on condition subsequent,   estoppel statement^(US),   eviction by title paramount,   excambion^(Scot),   exclusive dealing agreement^(BrE),   executor (f.   executrix),   exor^(Lat),   exposé^(F),   extension agreement or extension clause,   façade or facade,   faculté de réméré^(F)

F

Fannie Mae^(US),   federal grant^(US),   fee simple absolute,   feoffment^(Eng),   fictitious sale^(US),   filum aquæ^(Lat),   financing statement^(US),   first refusal,   fixed lease^(US),   flat cost,   floating capital,   flow-through^(US),   force majeure^(Civ),   foreshore,   forty-five degree rule^(Eng),   franchise^(F),   freehold covenant,   fructus naturales^(Lat),   full-value assessment^(US),   future interest

G

gap finance,   gazump^(BrE),   general liability insurance,   geodetic survey system,   give,   good husbandry^(Eng),   graded rent,   granting clause^(US),   grey area^(Eng),   gross lease^(US),   ground lease,   habendum,   hammer,   head rent,   hereditable,   highway authority^(Eng),   holdback^(US),   home owners' association (HOA)^(US)

H-K

Hoskold coefficient or Hoskold factor^(US),   Housing Corporation^(Eng),   hypothéque^(F),   impact fee^(US),   implied licence,   improvement,   in futuro^(Lat),   inchoate mechanics lien,   incorporel^(F),   independent contractor,   individual ownership^(US),   Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC)^(BrE),   Inland Revenue charge^(Eng),   installment note^(US),   insured closing agreement^(US),   interest-only loan,   interim rent^(Eng),   interpretation clause or interpretation section,   inverse order of alienation,   investor,   issuer,   joint ownership,   judicial precedent,   jus tertii^(Lat),   knowledge

L

land gavel,   land sale-and-leaseback,   land warrant^(US),   lappage^(US),   lease,   leaseback,   leasing^(F),   legal owner,   lettable area,   leveraged lease,   licence coupled with an equity^(Eng),   life of a building,   limited estate,   liquidated damages,   listing price^(AmE),   loan fee,   local law,   locus in quo^(Lat),   loss,   louage^(F)

M

mail,   mala fide^(Lat),   manor house,   marital property^(US),   marketable title,   maturity date,   memorial,   messuage,   mine^(F),   mise^(F),   mock auction,   month,   mortgage commitment,   mortgage lender,   mortgage security,   movable(s)^(Civ),   muniment

N

naked possession^(US),   natural wear and tear,   negligent waste^(US),   net cash flow,   net-net lease^(US),   net site area,   no-scheme world^(Eng),   non-apparent easement,   non-reliance clause,   note mortgage,   novel disseisin

O

objet^(F),   occupancy rate or occupancy ratio,   off-set mortgage,   offrant^(F),   one transaction rule^(US),   open lands^(US),   operating ratio,   option to terminate,   original contractor or originating contractor,   outstanding natural beauty^(Eng),   overhead or overhead cost

P-Q

pannage^(Eng),   parity clause^(US),   partial payment factor^(US),   particula,   party fence wall^(Eng),   pass-through security^(US),   pay-back period,   penalty,   per pais^(Lat),   periodic estate^(US),   permitted use^(US),   personal restriction or personal servitude,   pignus^(Civ),   plan de sauvegarde^(F),   planning condition^(Eng),   plat book^(US),   police power^(US),   positive leasehold^(US),   possibility of issue extinct,   practical completion,   précompte^(F),   preliminary report^(US),   present,   preventive maintenance or preventative maintenance,   prime lease,   principal vesting instrument^(Eng),   private zoning^(US),   procuration^(F),   profits basis of assessment^(BrE),   promise,   property management,   proprietas^(Lat),   provision for cesser on redemption^(Eng),   public liability insurance,   public utility,   purchase money deed of trust (PMDT)^(US),   pyramid zoning^(US),   quantities,   quasi-délit^(F),   quiet enjoyment

R

rachmanism^(Eng),   rate of return,   raw land,   real estate development^(AmE),   real security,   reasonably beneficial use^(Eng),   reciprocal easement agreement (REA)^(US),   recorded plat or recorded survey^(US),   redeem up, foreclose down,   réel (f. réelle)^(F),   register of sasines^(Scot),   registration,   reinstatement basis,   relessor,   remembrement^(F),   renouveler (un bail)^(F),   rent holdback^(US),   rent-to-turnover ratio,   rental purchase,   réparation^(F),   request for bid (RFB) or request for proposal (RFP),   rescission,   residential density,   résoudre^(F),   restrictive covenant,   retaking,   revaluation reserve,   reversionary lease,   right in gross,   right of recourse,   right to support,   roll^(US),   ruine^(F),   running covenant^(AmE)

S

sale by tract,   satisfaction certificate^(US),   scheduled property,   search^(Eng),   secure tenancy^(Eng),   seisinee,   senior mortgage,   service real^(Civ),   servitude d'urbanisme^(F),   severability clause^(US),   sharecropping lease,   short-term lease,   simple trust,   site value,   smallholding,   soke^(Eng),   sous-location^(F),   Special Development Order (SDO)^(Eng),   special recognition clause^(US),   specific implement^(Scot),   split rate,   stallage^(Eng),   start rate,   statutory declaration^(Eng),   statutory tenant^(Eng),   stipulation pour autrui^(F),   strata plan^(Aus),   structure plan^(Eng),   subject to mortgage,   sub-sale,   subtopia,   sui juris^(Lat),   supermarket,   surface right,   syndic^(F)

T

tail female,   taking-off,   tax-free exchange or tax free exchange^(US),   technical mortgage^(US),   tenancy by the entireties,   tenancy on sufferance,   tenant in fee,   tenant's default insurance,   term for years,   terra nullius^(Lat),   third-party liability insurance,   time,   title by occupancy or title by occupation,   title paramount,   top-slice income,   town house or townhouse,   trailer,   treasure trove,   trophy building,   trust indenture^(US),   turnover lease

U-Z

unaccrued sum,   underwriter,   Uniform Codes and Model Acts^(US),   unit rule^(US),   unmarketable title^(US),   upset price^(US),   usage,   usque ad medium filum aquæ^(Lat),   utility easement^(US),   valeur locative^(F),   value center^(US),   vault,   versement^(F),   vétusté^(F),   vindictive damages,   voluntary deed^(US),   walkway,   water lot,   white bonnet(Scot/US),   within,   working capital,   writ of entry and possession^(US),   yearly tenancy,   zone A^(Eng)

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