This Land is my Land
This term means "Land cannot be moved."
What is Immobile?
This right is the ability to keep people off the property.
What is the Right of Exclusion?
This general term describes any claim against an asset by someone who is not the owner.
What is an Encumbrance?
This type of water right specifically applies to a property owner whose land borders a non-moving body of water, such as a lake or the ocean.
What are Littoral Rights?
This category of estates in land represents ownership for an indeterminate length of time.
What is a Freehold Estate?
This term is defined as: "Land cannot be destroyed. It is permanent."
What is Indestructible?
The ability to use the property as the owner sees fit, within the boundaries of the law.
What is the Right of Possession?
These two specific types of encumbrances commonly restrict the owner's ability to sell a property due to an uncleared title
What are Liens and Mortgages?
In Texas, this rule allows a property owner to pump water from beneath their land, though it is regulated by Groundwater Conservation Districts.
What is the Rule of Capture?
This is the highest, most common, and most complete form of ownership interest in real estate.
What is a Fee Simple Estate (or Absolute Fee)?
This characteristic means "No two pieces of property are exactly the same."
What is Non-Homogeneity?
The right to sell, mortgage, or otherwise permanently alienate the property.
What is the Right of Disposition?
This type of easement typically involves utility companies and does not benefit an adjacent parcel of land.
What is an Easement in Gross?
If a property abuts a navigable river, the property owner's rights only extend to this specific boundary line.
What is the water's edge (or the mean high-water mark)?
This specific type of estate is automatically terminated and the property reverts to the original grantor if a specified condition is violated.
What is a Defeasible Fee Estate (or Fee Simple Defeasible)?
Relates to how much land is available in relation to demand.
What is Scarcity?
This right is exercised when an owner uses their property as collateral for a loan or signs a lease.
What is the Right to Transfer or Encumber?
A property owner who is given permission to use a portion of a neighbor's land is known as this type of tenement.
What is the Dominant Tenement?
This type of easement is implied by law and created by a court to grant access to a public road for a landlocked property.
What is an Easement by Necessity?
This type of estate is limited in duration to the life of the person holding it or another named party.
What is a Life Estate?
While land itself is permanent, this principle is challenged in a technical sense by concepts like erosion and accretion, even though the core characteristic remains.
What is Indestructible?
This right is the one most commonly limited by public controls, such as zoning ordinances and building codes.
What is the Right of Possession? (Since zoning dictates how you can use the property, directly limiting the owner's use and enjoyment.)
A property that is completely surrounded by other properties and has no direct access to a public road is described by this term.
What is Landlocked?
According to Texas law, all surface water is considered owned by this entity, necessitating permits for its usage.
What is the State of Texas?
This specific kind of Life Estate is established by state law rather than by an individual owner's deed or agreement.
What is a Legal Life Estate?