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Real property From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Realty) This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2007) Property law Part of the common law series Acquisition of property Gift · Adverse possession · Deed Lost, mislaid, or abandoned Alienation · Bailment · License Estates in land Allodial title · Fee simple · Fee tail Life estate · Defeasible estate Future interest · Concurrent estate Leasehold estate · Condominiums Conveyancing of interests in land Bona fide purchaser Torrens title · Strata title Estoppel by deed · Quitclaim deed Mortgage · Equitable conversion Action to quiet title Limiting control over future use Restraint on alienation Rule against perpetuities Rule in Shelley's Case Doctrine of worthier title Nonpossessory interest in land Easement · Profit Covenant running with the land Equitable servitude Related topics Fixtures · Waste · Partition Riparian water rights Lateral and subjacent support Assignment · Nemo dat Other areas of the common law Contract law · Tort law Wills and trusts Criminal Law · Evidence Real property (or realty) is a legal term for one of the two main classes of property in the common law. The other class being personal property (or personalty). Although the precise definition of real property varies between jurisdictions, it almost always encompasses land, rights over land and building or fixtures on land. Real property roughly, but not precisely, corresponds to the concept of immovable property in Civil law systems. This article discusses the ownership of land from the point of view of common law jurisdictions. Other legal geopolitical systems of government have different legal interpretations concerning the ownership of land. Terminology varies in these systems, as well: for instance, heritable property in Scotland; immovable property in Canada, United States, India, Malta, Cyprus, most of Europe including Russia, also South America, Malaysia, South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and many other countries and continents; and immobilier (real estate) in France.