| A | B |
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| Easement | A right to use the land of another for a specific purpose. |
| Encroachment | Building, wall or fence that illegally intrudes on land of an adjoining owner. |
| Encumbrance | Any lien (such as a mortgage, tax lien or judgment lien), easement, restriction on the use of land. |
| Fixture | Anything affixed to land, including personal property attached permanently to a building or to land so that it becomes part of the real estate. |
| Improvements | An addition that adds to the value of land or buildings. |
| Appurtenance | Anything used with land for its benefit, either affixed to land or used with it, that will pass with the conveyance of the land. |
| Riparian rights | Rights of an owner of land that borders on or includes a stream, river, lake or sea. |
| Avulsion | The sudden tearing away of land, as by earthquake, flood, volcanic action or the sudden change in the course of a stream. |
| Accretion | Land buildup resulting from the deposit by natural action of sand or soil washed up from a river, lake or sea. |
| Mineral rights | Ownership of ground below land. |
