owner of a parcel of land
1Land tenure — is the name given, particularly in common law systems, to the legal regime in which land is owned by an individual, who is said to hold the land (the French verb tenir means to hold ; tenant is the present participle of tenir ). The sovereign… …
2land — n 1: an area of the earth usu. inclusive of improvements, bodies of water, and natural or man made objects and extending indefinitely upward and downward compare air right 2: an estate, interest, or right in land land means both surface and… …
3Land ownership and tenure — There are a great variety of modes of land ownership and tenure: * Traditional land tenure. For example, most of the indigenous nations or tribes of North America had no formal notion of land ownership. When Europeans first came to North America …
4Land value tax — Land value taxation (LVT) (or site value taxation) is an ad valorem tax where only the value of land itself is taxed. This ignores buildings, improvements, and personal property. Because of this, LVT is different from other property taxes which… …
5parcel — par|cel1 S3 [ˈpa:səl US ˈpa:r ] n ↑sticker, ↑string [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin particula; PARTICLE] 1.) especially BrE an object that has been wrapped in paper or put in a special envelope, especially so that it can be sent by… …
6parcel — 1. verb To divide an estate 2. parcel, noun A small package or bundle. See package. A part or portion of land. A part of an estate. Parcel as used with reference to land generally means a contiguous quantity of land in the possession of an owner …
7Owner–Operator Independent Drivers Association — The Owner–Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is an international trade organization dedicated to the interests of truck drivers. Founded in 1973, the organization represents professional drivers and actively works to affect state… …
8Community land trust — A community land trust is a nonprofit corporation which acquires and manages land on behalf of the residents of a place based community, while preserving affordability and preventing foreclosures for any housing located upon its land. Contents 1… …
9Public Land Survey System — Seal of the BLM The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels, particularly for titles and deeds of rural, wild or undeveloped land. Its basic units of area are the township and… …
10Grand River land dispute — Aboriginal peoples in Canada …
