Nonpossessory interest in land

Nonpossessory interest in land
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Property law
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Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property
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Future interest · Concurrent estate
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Conveyancing
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Torrens title · Strata title
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Mortgage · Equitable conversion
Action to quiet title · Escheat
Future use control
Restraint on alienation
Rule against perpetuities
Rule in Shelley's Case
Doctrine of worthier title
Nonpossessory interest
Easement · Profit
Covenant
Equitable servitude
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A nonpossessory interest in land is a term of the law of property to describe any of a category of rights held by one person to use land that is in the possession of another. Such rights can generally be created in one of two ways: either by an express agreement between the party who owns the land and the party who seeks to own the interest; or by an order of a court.

Under the common law, there are five variations of such rights. These are:

  • easements
  • profits
  • restrictive covenants
  • equitable servitudes, and
  • licenses.



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