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real property

[ree-uh l, reel]
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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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Origin of real property

First recorded in 1760–70
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  • He was, indeed, a wonderful conveyancer—a perfect miracle of real-property law-learning.

    Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1.

    Samuel Warren

British Dictionary definitions for real property

real property

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

real property

Property held in the form of land or buildings.

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