Public property refers to property owned by the government (or its agency), rather than by a private individual or a company. It belongs to the public at large. Examples include many parks, streets, sidewalks, libraries, schools, playgrounds...
land use & zoning law
real covenant
A real covenant is a promise or obligation by a landholder that limits their use of the property, either requiring a specific act to be or not to be performed. If the covenant demands action, it is an affirmative covenant; if the covenant...
reliction
The increase in land caused by the gradual recession, shrinkage, or change in course of a body of water (such as a lake, sea, or river) which gives the owner of the riparian property more dry land. Reliction is classified as a type of a...
reservation
1) A provision in a deed which creates a new right or interest for the grantor in the conveyed real property. For example, if a grantor is selling lots that have a private road traversing it, which the grantor wants to maintain access to, the...
restriction
A restriction is any limitation on activity, by statute, regulation, contract provision, or in a conveyance. Individuals or persons seeking restrictions may be limited in what they can restrict, however. For example, a legislature cannot pass...
restrictive covenant
A restrictive covenant is a provision in a real property conveyance that limits the grantee’s use of the property. The beneficiaries of a restrictive covenant obtain rights from such covenants, and this may be the parties who agreed to the...
right of way
Right of way is the right to pass over or through real property owned by someone else, usually based upon an easement; also, “right-of-way.” The right of way may specify the parameters of the easement or may be a general right to pass over or...
riparian
Riparian refers to land adjoining a bank of a river or stream. See riparian rights.
[Last updated in December of 2020 by the Wex Definitions Team]
riparian rights
Riparian rights are the rights of a riparian landowner to certain uses of the river or stream adjoining his property. In a 2018 Wisconsin Supreme Court case, Movrich v. Lobermeier, the Court, citing influential treatises and case precedent, summarized...
servient estate
Servient estate is a parcel of land that is subject to an easement and benefits another parcel of land. An easement is a privilege or right that the owner of one parcel of real property (called a dominant estate or dominant tenement) has...