real property

American  

[ree-uhl, reel] / ˈri əl, ril /

noun

Law.

1. an estate or property consisting of lands and of all appurtenances to lands, as buildings, crops, or mineral rights (distinguished from personal property).

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real property British  

noun

1. Also called: real estate.  immovable property, esp land and buildings, including proprietary rights over land, such as mineral rights Compare personal property

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real property Cultural  

1. Property held in the form of land or buildings.

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Etymology

Origin of real property

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

Real property, if you can find it, is not hard to lock up.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2022

Real property can only be conveyed by a written instrument, properly executed and recorded, while personal property passes by mere possession.

From The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know by Hunt, Thomas Forsyth

Real property of that 57 sort was still dull and inactive except for a flare-up now and then along Park Avenue and Fifth.

From The Crimson Tide A Novel by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

Real property, which is easily identified, is more completely within the right of postliminy than moveable property, which is more transitory in its nature, and less easily recognized.

From The Laws Of War, Affecting Commerce And Shipping by Thomson, H. Byerley

Real property consists of land extending indefinitely upward and downward, every building thereon, every growing thing, likewise all minerals and in some cases even ice.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

Related Words

• land