ASSESSMENT 2026 VERIFIED QUESTION
ANSWER COMPILATION GUIDE
◉ Nolo Contendere. Answer: a plea in a criminal court in which the
defendant accepts the punishment without admitting guilt
◉ Allodial System. Answer: ownership of land in which the land is
owned free and clear; it is the opposition of the feudal system
◉ Feudal System. Answer: a form of ownership from England's past
in which royalty owned the land
◉ Improvement. Answer: any permanent man-made addition to
land
◉ Subsurface Rights. Answer: ownership of the minerals, gas, or oil
beneath the surface of a piece of real estate
◉ Surface Rights. Answer: ownership of the land in a parcel or real
estate but limited only to the plane
, ◉ Air Rights. Answer: the right to use the airspace above the surface
of land
◉ Water Rights. Answer: the right to enjoy the water that borders a
property
◉ Littoral Rights. Answer: rights that govern lakefront or oceanfront
property and usually allow the property owner to use the water
bordering their property
◉ Riparian Rights. Answer: rights that govern the use of flowing
water, such as rivers and streams that pass through or border a
property
◉ Personal Property. Answer: any item that is not real estate, also
known as chattel or personalty
◉ Real Estate. Answer: a part of the surface of land to the center of
the earth and upward to space, plus all improvements made by man
or nature
◉ Real Property. Answer: land from the surface to the center of
earth and upward into space including everything attached by man
or nature as well as the bundle of legal rights of the ownership