Building
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
An edifice, erected by art, and fixed upon or over the soil, composed of brick, marble, wood, or other proper substance, connected together, and designed for use in the position in which it is so fixed. Every building is an accessory to the soil, and is therefore real estate; it belongs to the owner of the soil; Cruise, Dig. tit.
1, s.
46; but a building placed on another's land by his permission is the personal estate of the builder; 2 Bla. Com. 17.