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-In [[Common law#History|common law]] systems, '''land tenure''' is 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" and "tenant" is the present participle of "tenir". The sovereign monarch, known as [[The Crown]], held land in its own right. All private owners are either its tenants or sub-tenants. ''Tenure'' signifies the relationship between tenant and lord, not the relationship between tenant and land. 
-Over history, many different forms of '''land ownership''', i.e., ways of owning land, have been established.+An '''estate in land''' is an interest in [[real property]] that is or may become [[possessory]].
-A '''landholder'''/'''landowner''' is a holder of the [[estate in land]] with considerable rights of ownership or, simply put, an owner of land.+In the legal systems of almost every country, the ultimate true "owner" of all land is the [[sovereign]], which for a republic is the whole people of a [[society]], which with sovereign, exclusive [[dominion (law)|dominion]] over a well-defined tract of land, may be called a "[[Sovereign state|state]]". Private parties own not the underlying land, but claims on parcels of land, which taken together define the estate for that parcel. This superior ownership is the basis for taking the land through [[eminent domain]]. However, the claims that define the estate are themselves [[personal property]].
-==See also==+This should be distinguished from an "[[Estate (land)|estate]]" as used in reference to an area of land, and "[[Immovable Property|estate]]" as used to refer to property in general.
-* [[Alienated land]]+ 
-* [[Allodial]]+In property law, the rights and interests associated with an estate in land may be conceptually understood as a "[[bundle of rights]]" because of the potential for different parties having different interests in the same [[real property]].
-* [[Apertura feudi]]+ 
-* [[Development easement]]+== Categories of estates ==
-* [[Eminent domain]]+Estates in [[real property|land]] can be divided into four basic categories:
-* [[Feudalism]]+# '''[[Freehold estate]]s''': rights of conveyable exclusive possession and use, having ''immobility'' and ''indeterminate duration''
-* [[Fiefdom]]+#* [[fee simple]]
-* [[Flexible Land Tenure System (Namibia)]]+#** fee simple absolute—most rights, least limitations, indefeasible
-* [[Homestead principle]]+#* [[defeasible estate]]—voidable possession and use
-* [[Land grabbing]]+#** fee simple determinable
-* [[Landed gentry]]+#** fee simple subject to a condition subsequent
-* [[Landed nobility]]+#** fee simple subject to executory limitation
-* [[Landed property]]+#* finite estate—limited to lifetimes
-* [[Land reform]]+#** [[life estate]]—fragmented possession and use for duration of someone's life
-* [[Land trust]]+#** [[fee tail]]—inalienable rights of inheritance for duration of family line
-* [[Lord Paramount]]+# '''[[Leasehold estate]]s''': rights of ''possession'' and ''use'' but not ''ownership''. The [[Lease|lessor]] (owner/[[landlord]]) gives this right to the [[lessee]] ([[leasehold estate|tenant]]). There are four categories of leasehold estates:
-* [[Manorialism]]+## estate for years (a term of year absolute or tenancy for years)—lease of any length with specific begin and end date
-* [[Mesne lord]]+## periodic estate (periodic tenancy)—automatically renewing lease (month to month, week to week)
-* [[Open field system]]+## estate at will ([[tenancy at will]])—leasehold for no fixed time or period. It lasts as long as both parties desire. Termination is bilateral (either party may terminate at any time) or by operation of law.
-* [[Precaria]]+## tenancy at sufferance—created when tenant remains after lease expires and becomes a holdover tenant, converts to holdover tenancy upon landlord acceptance.
-* [[Quia Emptores]]+#*Types of [[lease]]s:
-* [[Rights and Resources Initiative]]+#** [[gross lease]]
-* [[Squatting]]+#** [[net lease]]
-* [[Title (property)]]+#** percentage lease
-* [[History of English land law]]+# '''Concurrent estates''': owned or possessed by two or more individuals simultaneously.
 +## [[tenancy by the entirety]]
 +## [[Concurrent_estate#Joint_tenancy|joint tenancy]]
 +## [[Concurrent_estate#Tenancy_in_common|tenancy in common]]
 +## '''[[statutory estate]]s''': created by law
 +##* [[community property]]
 +##* [[Homestead exemption|homestead]] — protection from claim by creditors
 +##* [[dower]]—interest a wife has in the property of her husband
 +##* [[curtesy]]—interest a husband has in the property of his wife
 +# '''[[Equitable interest|Equitable estate]]s''': neither ''ownership'' nor ''possession''
 +#* Future interests — interests in real or personal property, a gift or trust, or other things in which the privilege of possession or of enjoyment is in the future and not the present
 +#** reversions
 +#** possibilities of reverter
 +#** powers of termination, also known as rights of reentry for condition broken
 +#** remainders
 +#** executory interests
 +#* Incorporeal interests — those that cannot be possessed physically, since they consist of rights of a particular user, or the right to enforce an agreement concerning use
 +#** [[easement]]
 +#*** easement in gross
 +#*** easement appurtenant
 +#**** ingress
 +#**** egress
 +#** [[Profit (real property)|profits a prendre]]
 +#** [[Covenant (law)|real covenants]]
 +#*** covenant appurtenant
 +#*** covenant in gross
 +#** equitable servitudes
 +#** licenses
 +#* Lien
 +#** general
 +#** specific
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An estate in land is an interest in real property that is or may become possessory.

In the legal systems of almost every country, the ultimate true "owner" of all land is the sovereign, which for a republic is the whole people of a society, which with sovereign, exclusive dominion over a well-defined tract of land, may be called a "state". Private parties own not the underlying land, but claims on parcels of land, which taken together define the estate for that parcel. This superior ownership is the basis for taking the land through eminent domain. However, the claims that define the estate are themselves personal property.

This should be distinguished from an "estate" as used in reference to an area of land, and "estate" as used to refer to property in general.

In property law, the rights and interests associated with an estate in land may be conceptually understood as a "bundle of rights" because of the potential for different parties having different interests in the same real property.

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Categories of estates

Estates in land can be divided into four basic categories:

  1. Freehold estates: rights of conveyable exclusive possession and use, having immobility and indeterminate duration
    • fee simple
      • fee simple absolute—most rights, least limitations, indefeasible
    • defeasible estate—voidable possession and use
      • fee simple determinable
      • fee simple subject to a condition subsequent
      • fee simple subject to executory limitation
    • finite estate—limited to lifetimes
      • life estate—fragmented possession and use for duration of someone's life
      • fee tail—inalienable rights of inheritance for duration of family line
  2. Leasehold estates: rights of possession and use but not ownership. The lessor (owner/landlord) gives this right to the lessee (tenant). There are four categories of leasehold estates:
    1. estate for years (a term of year absolute or tenancy for years)—lease of any length with specific begin and end date
    2. periodic estate (periodic tenancy)—automatically renewing lease (month to month, week to week)
    3. estate at will (tenancy at will)—leasehold for no fixed time or period. It lasts as long as both parties desire. Termination is bilateral (either party may terminate at any time) or by operation of law.
    4. tenancy at sufferance—created when tenant remains after lease expires and becomes a holdover tenant, converts to holdover tenancy upon landlord acceptance.
  3. Concurrent estates: owned or possessed by two or more individuals simultaneously.
    1. tenancy by the entirety
    2. joint tenancy
    3. tenancy in common
    4. statutory estates: created by law
  4. Equitable estates: neither ownership nor possession
    • Future interests — interests in real or personal property, a gift or trust, or other things in which the privilege of possession or of enjoyment is in the future and not the present
      • reversions
      • possibilities of reverter
      • powers of termination, also known as rights of reentry for condition broken
      • remainders
      • executory interests
    • Incorporeal interests — those that cannot be possessed physically, since they consist of rights of a particular user, or the right to enforce an agreement concerning use
    • Lien
      • general
      • specific


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