Legal glossary category
Property Law
Browse 3 glossary entries in the Property Law category, with short plain-English descriptions and direct links to the full term pages.
real estate
It means the physical stuff—the land and the buildings on it—that people own or use.
Open term →real property
Imagine real property as the actual piece of land or building that someone owns.
Open term →tenant
A tenant is someone who has been given permission by the owner to live in or use a piece of property, usually for a set time.
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