CHAPTER 2: RIGHTS IN REAL ESTATE

What is an emblement?

A plant or crop that is considered personal property

An item can be converted from real to personal property and vice versa by means of which processes?

Affixing and severance

What is the primary thrust of federal involvement in real estate law?

Broad regulation of usage

Which level of government controls zoning laws? (

County and local

Which of the following is included in the bundle of rights inherent in ownership?

To transfer

Which of the following is the best definition of real estate?

Land and everything permanently attached to it

Which of the following terms refers to the rights of a property that abuts a stream or river?

Riparian

Which of the following is an example of intangible property?

Stock

Under the doctrine of littoral rights, an owner claims ownership of all of the land underlying a lake where there are three other abutting property owners. Which of the following is true?

The owner's claim is invalid, because the state owns the underlying land.

The major sources of real estate law are legislation at federal, state and local level, and

court decisions.

The primary distinction between the legal concepts of real estate and real property is that

real property includes ownership of a bundle of rights

Surface rights, air rights and subsurface rights are

separable