WA State Real Estate Brokers License Vocabulary Correct 100%

1 Tract - ANSWERS24 miles x 24 miles = 576 square miles = 16 townships 1 Township - ANSWERS6 miles x 6 miles = 36 square miles = 36 sections 1 Section - ANSWERS1 mile x 1 mile = 1 sq mile = 640 acres 1 Acre - ANSWERS43,560 sq feet = 160 sq rods 1 Square Acre - ANSWERS208.71 ft x 208.71 ft 1 Mile - ANSWERS5280 feet (linear) = 320 rods = 80 chains 1 Chain - ANSWERS66 feet = 4 rods 1 Rod - ANSWERS16.5 feet Riparian Rights - ANSWERSThe water rights of a land owner with respect to water that flows through or adjacent to the riparian landowner's property. WA State doesn't use this format of rights but instead uses "Appropriative Rights" in the Prior Appropriation System Littoral Property Rights - ANSWERSRights for property located beside a lake or ocean (as opposed to river or stream). WA State doesn't use this format of rights but instead uses "Appropriative Rights" in the Prior Appropriation System Appropriative Rights - ANSWERSDoes not depend on land ownership. Instead, appropriative rights are based on a permit system called the Prior Appropriation System Overlying Rights - ANSWERSLandowners have overlying rights in regard to the ground water in aquifers beneath their property. Rule of Capture - ANSWERSA land owner owns all of the oil and gas produced from wells on his property only once they are captured. Appurtenant Rights - ANSWERSThe bundle of rights of owners of real property or land. Support Rights - ANSWERSthe right to the natural support provided by the land beneath and beside the owner's property. Lateral Support - ANSWERSsupport from the adjacent