1. A nation or area of land politically controlled by one government 2. thinly populated areas as compared with a city 3. land with small farms and towns

The practice of sharing commissions with cooperating brokers

Small, sheltered inlet from a body of water, a small bay

A written agreement or promise of two or more parties by which either pledges to perform or not to perform specified acts on a property, or which specifies certain uses or non-uses of the property

Covenants are promises contained in contracts, the breach of which would entitle a person to damages. Conditions, on the other hand, are contingencies, qualifications or occurrences upon which an estate or property right would be gained or lost.

Covenants which become part of the property and benefit or bind successive owners of the property

Steep, rugged rock rising from a rock mass, usually perpendicular

Bowl shaped cavity at the top of a volcano

A natural stream of running water larger than a brook, but smaller than a river

Definition: The act of orally offering for sale items at an open outcry auction and taking bids on the items until they are sold or withdrawn. The auction "cry" is characteristically conducted in a rapid cadence in order to encourage bidding. The person who cries the auction may be the auctioneer, or he may be a professional auction crier employed by the auctioneer.
Also known as "calling the auction".

Terms, Definitions, and Concepts: Auction, Real Estate

A street which is open at one end only, and which usually has a circular turnaround; a blind alley

Land plowed or spaded and prepared for growing crops

1.The flow of water in a definite direction 2. the swiftly moving part of a stream or river

Curtesy is the legal right or interest (estate) a husband acquires in property owned by his wife at any time during the marriage.

Dower and curtesy are legal life estates that are created upon the death of a spouse who owned real estate. Dower is the life estate that a wife acquires in the real property of her deceased husband, while curtesy is the estate a husband holds in real property owned by his wife following her death. Dower and curtesy entitle the surviving spouse to a portion (usually one-third to one-half) of the interest in the real property owned by the deceased spouse, even if that property was willed to someone else. Dower and curtesy are forms of tenancy by the entirety, and are only used in states that practice that system of common law. Tenancy by the entirety is contrasted with another common law system used by other states, known as community property.

Note that in some states, curtesy refers to either a husband's or wife's interest in the property of the other.

An impound account maintained for the purpose of setting up a reserve to pay certain periodic obligations such as real property taxes, insurance premiums, lease rent, and maintenance fees