Category: Property Law
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Real Property
Real Property in the United States The term real property derives from the Anglo-French phrase propreté proprieté, which in turn came from the Latin proprietat proprietas, essentially meaning private property. Real Property Definition Something which may be held by tenure, or […]
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Public Lands
Public Lands in the United States Introduction to Public Lands Public Lands, in United States law, term designating largely vacant and unappropriated lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the United States Department of the Interior. The U.S. has approximately 110 […]
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Public Lands
Public Lands in the United States Introduction to Public Lands Public Lands, in United States law, term designating largely vacant and unappropriated lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the United States Department of the Interior. The U.S. has approximately 110 […]
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Public Domain Laws
Public Domain Laws in the United States Free Availability of State Law It has been established in American law for nearly two centuries that public law is not subject to any party’s exclusive control, and must remain public as a matter of due process. In Wheaton v. Peters, 33 U.S. (8 […]
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Heirs Property
Heirs Property in the United States Heirs Property Definition in the Uniform Partition of Heirs Property Act In Reforming Property Law to Address Devastating Land Loss, its author, Prof. Thomas W. Mitchell, made the following analysis: Even prior to the approval of the (Uniform Partition […]
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Appraisal Value
Appraisal Value in the United States Appraisal Value Decline and Appraisal Cost By Michael V. Sanders. He is a real estate appraiser and principal in Bell Anderson & Sanders in Laguna Beach (California). When a property’s value declines, the expert researching the appraisal faces a […]
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Public Lands Rules
Public Lands Rules in the United States Public Lands Rules for Administering the Public Lands Introduction to Public Lands Rules Article IV, Section 3, of the U.S. Constitution authorized Congress to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other […]
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Public Works Administration
Public Works Administration in the United States Introduction to Public Works Administration Public Works Administration (PWA), former U.S. government agency established by Congress as the Federal Emergency Relief Administration under the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. Organized […]
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Public Domain Acquisition
Public Domain Acquisition in the United States Public Lands Acquisition of the Public Domain Introduction to Public Domain Acquisition The developing nation acquired its first public domain following the end of the American Revolution. At that time certain of the original states ceded their […]
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Public Domain Disposal
Public Domain Disposal in the United States Public Lands Disposal of the Public Domain Introduction to Public Domain Disposal The first significant legislation pertaining to the disposal and use of public land came in 1776, when the Continental Congress offered land grants to induce soldiers […]
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State Landlord-Tenant Statutes
State Landlord-Tenant Statutes in the United States Here are some of the key statutes pertaining to landlord-tenant law in each U.S.´state. In some states, important legal principles are contained in court opinions, not codes or statutes. Court-made law and rent stabilization—rent […]