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Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Definitions from Case Law

From 90 U.S. 331 - Scholey v. Rew · 1874Most cited · 143 citing opinions

all lands, tenements, and hereditaments, corporeal and incorporeal.

United States Code

12 U.S.C. § 1707 — in this section

The term “real estate” means land and all natural resources and structures permanently affixed to the land, including residential buildings and stationary manufactured housing. The Secretary may not require, for treatment of any land or other property as real estate for purposes of this subchapter, that such land or property be treated as real estate for purposes of State taxation.

12 U.S.C. § 1715Z — for purposes of this section (4 versions over time)

The terms “mortgagee”, “mortgagor”, “real estate,” 1 and “State” have the meanings given such terms in section 1707 of this title.

15 U.S.C. § 3603 — in this section

“real estate” means any leasehold or other estate or interest in, over or under land, including structures, fixtures, and other improvements and interests which by custom, usage, or law pass with a conveyance of land though not described in the contract of sale or instrument of conveyance. “Real estate” includes parcels with or without upper or lower boundaries, and spaces that may be filled with air or water;

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Landed property, Including all estates and interests in lands which are held for life or for some greater estate, and whether such lands be of freehold or copyhold tenure. Wharton.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Real property, which see.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Landed property. See Land; Real Peopeety.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Landed property, including ali estates and interests in lands which are held for life or for some greater estate, and whether such lands be of freehold or copyhold tenure. Wharton.

Defined under Estate in Black's Law Dictionary.