PSI Real Estate Exam: Land use controls
and Regulations
Appurtenant Easement - ANS- An easement that benefits a particular piece of property
(dominant tenement).
Assessment - ANS- 1. A government's valuation of property for tax purposes.
Building Code - ANS- Government regulations specifying minimum construction and
building standards to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
Condemnation - ANS- 1. Taking private property for public use, through the
government's power of eminent domain. Also called appropriation. 2. A declaration that a
structure is unfit for occupancy and must be closed or demolished.
Covenant - ANS- 1. A contract. 2. A promise. 3. A guarantee (express or implied) in a
document such as a deed or lease.
Deed Restriction - ANS- A restriction on real property use, imposed by a former owner;
promise to do or not do an act relating to real property; usually owner's promise to not
use property in a particular way.
Dominant Tenement - ANS- Property that receives the benefit of an appurtenant
easement.
Easement by Express Grant - ANS- An easement granted to another in a deed or other
document.
Easement by Express Reservation - ANS- An easement created in a deed when a
landowner is dividing the property, transferring the servient tenement but retaining the
dominant tenement.
Easement by Implication - ANS- An easement created by operation of law (not express
grant or reservation) when land is divided, if there is a long-standing, apparent use that is
reasonably necessary for enjoyment of the dominant tenement. Also called an implied
easement.
Easement by Necessity - ANS- A special kind of easement by implication that occurs
when the dominant tenement would be completely useless without an easement, even if
it is not a long-standing, apparent use.
and Regulations
Appurtenant Easement - ANS- An easement that benefits a particular piece of property
(dominant tenement).
Assessment - ANS- 1. A government's valuation of property for tax purposes.
Building Code - ANS- Government regulations specifying minimum construction and
building standards to safeguard the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
Condemnation - ANS- 1. Taking private property for public use, through the
government's power of eminent domain. Also called appropriation. 2. A declaration that a
structure is unfit for occupancy and must be closed or demolished.
Covenant - ANS- 1. A contract. 2. A promise. 3. A guarantee (express or implied) in a
document such as a deed or lease.
Deed Restriction - ANS- A restriction on real property use, imposed by a former owner;
promise to do or not do an act relating to real property; usually owner's promise to not
use property in a particular way.
Dominant Tenement - ANS- Property that receives the benefit of an appurtenant
easement.
Easement by Express Grant - ANS- An easement granted to another in a deed or other
document.
Easement by Express Reservation - ANS- An easement created in a deed when a
landowner is dividing the property, transferring the servient tenement but retaining the
dominant tenement.
Easement by Implication - ANS- An easement created by operation of law (not express
grant or reservation) when land is divided, if there is a long-standing, apparent use that is
reasonably necessary for enjoyment of the dominant tenement. Also called an implied
easement.
Easement by Necessity - ANS- A special kind of easement by implication that occurs
when the dominant tenement would be completely useless without an easement, even if
it is not a long-standing, apparent use.
