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Eng. law. A right attached to arable land, and is an incident of tenure, and supposed to have originated by grant of the lord or owner of a manor or waste, in consideration of certain rents or services, or other value, to a freeholder or copyholder of plough land, and at the same time either expressly or by implication, and as of common right and necessity common appendant over … [Read more...] about COMMON APPENDANT

A housing complex where owners share in the ownership of common areas. For example, a row of townhouses in a gated community that share a parking lot and swimming pool. … [Read more...] about COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENT

Eng. law. A right granted by deed, by the owner of waste or other land, to another person, owner of other land, to have his cattle, or a particular description of cattle; levant and couchant upon the land, at certain seasons of the year, or at all times of the year. An uninterrupted usage for twenty years, is evidence of a grant. … [Read more...] about COMMON APPURTENANT

1. As distinguished from the Roman law, the modern civil law, the canon law, and other systems, the common law is that body of law and juristic theory which was originated, developed, and formulated and is administered In England, and has obtained among most of the states and peoples of Anglo Saxon stock. Lux v. Haggin, 69 Cal. 255, 10 Pac. 674. 2. As distinguished from law … [Read more...] about COMMON LAW

Areas which residents or lessees of a building share in common, e.g. the entrance to the building, the lobby, the elevators and parking facilities. In rental properties, the landlord is responsible for the upkeep of common areas. In condominiums and co-operatives, the owners of the building share in the responsibility, which is usually managed by a management company (which … [Read more...] about COMMON AREA