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appurtenances

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 69 U.S. 177 - Sheets v. Selden's Lessee · 1864Most cited · 164 citing opinions

everything essential to the beneficial use and enjoyment of the property designated is, in the absence of language indicating a different intention on the part of the grantor, to be considered as passing by the conveyance

How often courts cite the case defining “appurtenances”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “appurtenances” — 164 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.