neighbors & neighborhoods

Abut means to directly border. Property law frequently concerns the rights of abutting landowners. 

There are three main types of adverse interests.

Adverse possession is a doctrine under which a trespasser, in physical possession of land owned by someone else may acquire valid title to the property.

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• Real Property
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• Trespass

An appurtenance refers to something that, while technically detachable, is so fundamental to something else that it should be regarded as a part of the whole. In the event that property transfers hands, all appurtenances usually transfer as well. Determining whether something qualifies as an appurtenance is especially important when liens on property are at play. 

Appurtenant refers to rights or restrictions that run with the land. The term is generally used in the context of easements or covenants, and is distinguished from rights or restrictions in gross, which only benefit or burden a particular person.

Attractive nuisance is a dangerous condition on a landowner's property that may particularly attract children onto the land and pose a risk to their safety.

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CC&Rs refer to covenants, conditions, and restrictions that often come with buying houses, apartments, and other real estate in common interest communities.  These communities such as condominiums and co-ops have requirements when created that every property must follow such as noise restrictions and keeping grass cut.

CIDs are common interest developments, a type of property development with multiple owners and a governing association. Each owner in CIDs has their own property with rights to the common area. CIDs often are used for both business and residential purposes such as malls and condominiums.

A cooperative, often called a co-op, is any association of members of a similar profession or industry that work together to process, prepare, market, handle products and supplies. A cooperative operates for the benefits of its members by giving each member access to the combined resources and services of the organization and sometimes earnings of the association.

Coho is a slang term for cohousing which is a type of housing scheme where people have their own homes or units but share common areas and property of some form. Coho is also a species of salmon, a few types of which are endangered and protected species.