WA Real Estate - Chapter 1
Air lot - ANS-A parcel of property above the surface of the earth, not containing any
land: for example, a condominium unit on the third floor.
\Appropriative rights - ANS-Water rights established by obtaining a government
permit, and not based on ownership of land beside a body of water.
\Appurtenance - ANS-A right incidental to the land that is transferred with it.
\Beginning at the oak tree, thence south 15 degrees, 200 feet, thence north 90
degree west, 310 more or less to the center line of Smith Creek............. more or less
to the point of beginning.
Is an example of what method of legal description? - ANS-Metes and bounds
\Course - ANS-In a metes and bounds descriptions, a direction, stated in terms of a
compass bearing.
\Distance - ANS-In a metes and bounds description, the length of a boundary,
measured in any convenient unit of length.
\Doctrine of emblements - ANS-Applies to crops planted by a tenant farmer. Tenant
has the right to re-enter the land and harvest the first crop that matures after tenancy
is terminated.
\Emblements - ANS-Crops, such as wheat, produced annually through the labor of
the cultivator.
\Fixture tests: - ANS-- Method of attachment
- Adaptation to the property
- Intention of the annexor
- Relationship of the parties
\Government lot - ANS-In the government survey system, a parcel of land that is not
a regular section.
\Government survey - ANS-A system of land description in which the land is divided
into squares called townships, and each township, in turn, divided up into 36
sections.
\Lateral support - ANS-The physical support that a piece of land receives from the
surrounding land.
\Littoral rights - ANS-Land bordered by a stationary body of water, such as a lake or
pond.
\Lot 2, Block 4 of tract number 455, in the city of Vancouver, County of Clark, State of
Washington, as per map recorded in book 25, page 92, of maps, in the office of the
recorder of said county.
Is an example of what method of legal description? - ANS-Lot and block
\Lot and block - ANS-The system of description used for subdivided land. The
properties within a subdivision are assigned lot numbers on a plat map, and the plat
map is recorded; the location and dimensions of a particular lot can be determined
by consulting the recorded plat.
Air lot - ANS-A parcel of property above the surface of the earth, not containing any
land: for example, a condominium unit on the third floor.
\Appropriative rights - ANS-Water rights established by obtaining a government
permit, and not based on ownership of land beside a body of water.
\Appurtenance - ANS-A right incidental to the land that is transferred with it.
\Beginning at the oak tree, thence south 15 degrees, 200 feet, thence north 90
degree west, 310 more or less to the center line of Smith Creek............. more or less
to the point of beginning.
Is an example of what method of legal description? - ANS-Metes and bounds
\Course - ANS-In a metes and bounds descriptions, a direction, stated in terms of a
compass bearing.
\Distance - ANS-In a metes and bounds description, the length of a boundary,
measured in any convenient unit of length.
\Doctrine of emblements - ANS-Applies to crops planted by a tenant farmer. Tenant
has the right to re-enter the land and harvest the first crop that matures after tenancy
is terminated.
\Emblements - ANS-Crops, such as wheat, produced annually through the labor of
the cultivator.
\Fixture tests: - ANS-- Method of attachment
- Adaptation to the property
- Intention of the annexor
- Relationship of the parties
\Government lot - ANS-In the government survey system, a parcel of land that is not
a regular section.
\Government survey - ANS-A system of land description in which the land is divided
into squares called townships, and each township, in turn, divided up into 36
sections.
\Lateral support - ANS-The physical support that a piece of land receives from the
surrounding land.
\Littoral rights - ANS-Land bordered by a stationary body of water, such as a lake or
pond.
\Lot 2, Block 4 of tract number 455, in the city of Vancouver, County of Clark, State of
Washington, as per map recorded in book 25, page 92, of maps, in the office of the
recorder of said county.
Is an example of what method of legal description? - ANS-Lot and block
\Lot and block - ANS-The system of description used for subdivided land. The
properties within a subdivision are assigned lot numbers on a plat map, and the plat
map is recorded; the location and dimensions of a particular lot can be determined
by consulting the recorded plat.
