Nonpossessory interest in land
Property law |
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Part of the common law series |
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Acquisition |
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Estates in land |
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Conveyancing |
Future use control |
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Nonpossessory interest |
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Other common law areas |
Higher category: Law and Common law |
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A nonpossessory interest in land is a term of the law of property to describe any of a category of rights held by one person to use land that is in the possession of another. Such rights can generally be created in one of two ways: either by an express agreement between the party who owns the land and the party who seeks to own the interest; or by an order of a court.
Under the common law, there are five variations of such rights. These are:
- easements
- profits
- restrictive covenants
- equitable servitudes, and
- licenses.
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