Across
- 1. - right to use of water found at surface of land and underground
- 3. – the legal rights of ownership of real property, including the rights of possession, use, disposition, and exclusion of others from the property
- 4. – subdivision system; method of legal description of land using parcel maps identified by tract, block, and lot numbers
- 5. - guide meridians running every twenty-four miles running east and west of a meridian, and standard parallels running every twenty-four miles north and south of a base line, used to correct inaccuracies in the rectangular survey system of land description caused by the earth’s curvature
- 9. – natural or artificial object used to identify locations in a metes and bounds description. Also called monuments.
- 11. – all property acquired by spouses during marriage except that qualifying as separate property
- 13. – legal system based on laws and regulations, without the influence of judicial decisions as in the common law system
- 14. – the earth’s surface including substances beneath the surface extending downward to the center of the earth and the airspace above the surface for an indefinite distance upward
- 15. – imaginary lines that run North to South and intersect baselines that run East to West to form the starting point for land measurement using the rectangular survey system of land description
- 20. - the place at which a legal description using metes and bounds starts
- 22. – section and township system; US government survey system; method of legal description of land using areas called townships measured from meridians and baselines
- 24. – a standard land area of one mile square, containing 640 acres, used in the rectangular survey system of land description
- 26. – real property; land; includes the surface of the earth, the substances beneath the surface, the airspace above the surface, fixtures, and anything incidental or appurtenant to the land
- 29. – subdivision map showing division of property into tracts, blocks, and lots
- 30. – in the rectangular survey system of land description, townships running east and west of a meridian
- 31. – personal property; any property that is not real property
- 32. – section and township system; US government survey system; method of legal description of land using areas called townships measured from meridians and baselines
- 34. – crops produced annually by labor and industry as distinguished from crops that grow naturally on the land
- 37. – a doctrine that states that property owners may use a reasonable amount of water from an underground source, but not to the detriment of adjoining property owners
- 38. – anything affixed (attached) to or used with land for it’s benefit that is transferred with the land
- 40. – right of the owner of real estate to explore for and remove solid, liquid, and gaseous substances from the property; can be transferred independently of the right to occupy the property’s surface
- 41. – plant growth that is the result of cultivation
- 42. – a standard land area of 6 miles square divided into 36 sections of 1 mile square each, used in the rectangular survey system of land description
- 43. – all property that is not real property
Down
- 2. – right of government to take, impound, or divert water flowing on the public domain from it’s natural course for some beneficial purpose
- 6. – section and township system; US government survey system; method of legal description of land using areas called townships measured from meridians and baselines
- 7. – right to use of water from a lake or other body of still water by adjoining property owners
- 8. – subdivision system; method of legal description of land using parcel maps identified by tract, block, and lot numbers
- 10. – the interest held by the owner of property
- 12. – anything permanently attached to land or improvements so as to become real property
- 16. – plant growth that does not require cultivation, such as natural trees, grasses, and shrubbery
- 17. – right to remove water from aquifers and other sources below the surface of the land
- 18. – written instrument that conveys title to personal property
- 19. – the right of a landowner whose property borders a lake, river, or stream to the use and enjoyment of the water adjacent to or flowing over the property, provided the use does not injure other riparian landowners
- 21. – a land description used to define a parcel of land to the exclusion of all others that is acceptable by a court of law
- 23. – method of legal description of land using distances (called meters) measured from a point of beginning and using natural or artificial boundaries (called bounds) as well as single objects (called monuments or markers) as points of reference
- 25. – the body of law from England based on custom, usage, and court decisions
- 27. – Imaginary lines that run East-West and intersect meridians that run North-South to form the starting point for land measurement using the rectangular survey system of land description
- 28. – guide meridians running every twenty-four miles running east and west of a meridian, and standard parallels running every twenty-four miles north and south of a base line, used to correct inaccuracies in the rectangular survey system of land description caused by the earth’s curvature
- 33. – in the rectangular survey system of land description, townships running north and south of a baseline
- 35. – natural or artificial object used to identify locations in a metes and bounds description. Also called markers.
- 36. – document showing the division of land into two or more parcels, required before subdivision approval
- 39. – the real property right to the reasonable use of the air space above the surface of the land