A. air rights

Rights to the air space above the property

B. appropriative water rights

Right to take riparian surface water for a beneficial use on non-adjacent
property

C. appurtenances

All rights, privileges, and improvements that belong to and pass with the
transfer of the property, but that are not necessarily a part of the actual
property

D. benchmark

Survey reference mark made on a monument indicating a known location
and elevation

E. block

Contiguous group of lots generally bounded by man-made features, such as
streets or natural features, such as creeks

F. bundle of rights

All legal rights attached to the ownership of property

G. emblements

Annual crops cultivated by tenant farmers and sharecroppers

H. fixture

Anything permanently attached to real property

I. fructus industriales

Annual crops produced by human labor, such as fruits, nuts, vegetables,
and grains

J. fructus naturales

Naturally occurring plant growth, such as grasses, trees, and shrubs as
part of the real property

K. groundwater

Water beneath the surface of the land filling the spaces and cavities
between the rocks and soil

L. lateral support

Landowners’ right to have their land in its natural condition held in place
from the sides by adjoining land so that it will not fall away

M. legal description

Written description of a particular parcel of land identifying it as precisely
as possible

N. lot

Single parcel of land within a subdivision

O. metes and bounds

Oldest method used to describe real property

P. personal property

Moveable items not permanently attached to land

Q. plat

Subdivision map showing the location and boundaries of lots, street
rights-of-way, project name, and easements

R. point of beginning

Point from which a metes and bounds survey begins

S. real property

Land, anything permanently attached to the land, anything appurtenant
to the land, or anything immovable by law

T. riparian rights

Right of an owner of property bordering a surface water source to use the
water

U. subjacent support

Absolute right of the property owner to have his or her land supported from
beneath its surface

V. subsurface rights

Rights to the natural resources, such as minerals, oil, and gas below the
surface

W. survey

Professional measurement of a tract of land with its boundaries, contents,
and location relative to other property

X. township

Grid of square, each six miles by six miles (36 square miles)

Y. usufructuary rights

Rights limited to reasonable and beneficial use