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Land Real estate or property. It is the primary (and indeed one of the only) assets whose values do not depreciate over time. Depending on the particular title, ownership of land may include mineral rights to any geophysical aspects occurring thereon. Ownership of land does not automatically include the right to develop it, depending on local regulations. While supply of land does not vary, demand may change greatly depending on its particular features, number of people in the area, and cultural differences regarding land ownership. It is an attractive form of collateral because it cannot be stolen or destroyed. See also: Plot, zoning law. land ![]() In the law,the surface of the earth,descending down in a cone shape to the center of the world and upward to the heavens, along with all natural things thereon, such as minerals, water, vegetation, and rights to the air.This is less than the concept of real property,which includes land but also all rights in and to land or its use, and all artificial things attached to the land. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There is a struggle almost to the death between the last of the Apaches, who crave to reclaim their centuries-old life of raiding and living off the land, and the white settlers, who demand to live in peace on acreage they have mapped out as their personal property. After the screening, friends congratulated Scott on the film, a poignant, quirky and uplifting tale, set in the late '60s, of a 12-year-old girl living off the land in the New Mexico desert with her hippie parents; an earthy, mystical half-Indian mother (Joan Allen) and an outsider dad (Sam Elliot) suffering from a crippling depression. If you've ever indulged fantasies of selling off your belongings, moving to the country, and living off the land, Eleanor Agnew's new book Back from the Land: How Young Americans went to Nature in the 1970s and Why They Came Back (Ivan R. |
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