Appurtenant: Belonging to, adjunctive, appended or annexed to. For example, the garage is appurtenant to the house, and the common interest in the common elements of a condominium is appurtenant to each apartment. Appurtenant items run with the land when the property is transferred.

 

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Appurtenant: Belonging to, adjunctive, appended or annexed to. For example, the garage is appurtenant to the house, and the common interest in the common elements of a condominium is appurtenant to each . . . View Full Definition

Appurtenant Easement: An easement that is annexed to the ownership of one parcel and allows the owner the use of the neighbors land.

Party Wall Easement: A party wall can be an exterior wall on a building that straddles the boundary line between two lots, or it can be a commonly shared partition wall between two connected properties. Each lot . . . View Full Definition

Run With The Land: A phrase describing rights or covenants that bind or benefit successive owners of a property. An example is a restrictive building covenant in a recorded deed that would affect all future ow . . . View Full Definition

Easement: The right to a specific use of or right to travel over land owned by another. The land being used or traveled over is the servient tenement, the land that is benefited by the use is the domi . . . View Full Definition

Condominium Ownership: An estate in real property consisting of an individual interest in an apartment or commercial unit and an undivided common interest in the common areas in the condo project such as the land, . . . View Full Definition

Dominant Tenement: The estate that is said to attach to and derive benefit from the servient estate in reference to an easement appurtenant. For example, an easement road passes over an owners land (the servie . . . View Full Definition