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  2. Avulsion (common law jurisdictions) - Wikipedia

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    However, as a river gradually changes through accretion, the boundary changes with it. To prove that a change was avulsion and not accretion, it is sufficient, at least under Oklahoma law, for the owner of land that was washed away to point out approximately as much land added to the opposite bank as washed away from his bank. [2]

  3. Littoral rights - Wikipedia

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    In Florida, for example, littoral rights encompass: "(1) the right to have access to the water; (2) the right to reasonably use the water; (3) the right to accretion and reliction; and (4) the right to the unobstructed view of the water". [2]

  4. Relict - Wikipedia

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    In real estate law, reliction is the gradual recession of water from its usual high-water mark so that the newly uncovered land becomes the property of the adjoining riparian property owner. [ 3 ] "Relict" was an ancient term still used in colonial (British) America, and in England and Ireland of that era, now archaic, for a widow ; it has come ...

  5. Real Estate Definitions Every Seller Should Know - AOL

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    When it comes to selling a home there's a lot to know beyond staging and setting a reasonable list price. As with any industry, there are real estate definitions (homestead, quit-claim) and a set ...

  6. Riparian water rights - Wikipedia

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    They also include the right to acquire accretion and the right to boomage (a fee charge for securing a boom, generally for the retention of logs). Duties arising from the model include the following: Pass on the flow of water without obstruction, pollution or diversion affecting the rights of others.

  7. Real estate - Wikipedia

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    Real estate is property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as growing crops (e.g. timber), minerals or water, and wild animals; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this (also) an item of real property, (more generally) buildings or housing in general.

  8. Real estate development - Wikipedia

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    Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to others.

  9. Accession (property law) - Wikipedia

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    Accession has different definitions depending upon its application. Accession in property law is a mode of acquiring property that involves the addition of value to the property through labour or the addition of new materials. For example, a person who owns a property on a river delta also takes ownership of any additional land that builds up ...