Meaning of REALTY
| Pronunciation: | | 'reeultee
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| | Definition: | | [n] property consisting of houses and land |
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| | Synonyms: | | real estate, real property |
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| | See Also: | | acres, belongings, dead hand, demesne, estate, holding, land, landed estate, material possession, mortmain, property | |
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\Re"al*ty\, n. [OF. r['e]alt['e], LL. regalitas, fr. L.
regalis. See {Regal}.]
1. Royalty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. Loyalty; faithfulness. [R.] --Milton.
\Re"al*ty\, n. [Contr. from 1st {Reality}.]
1. Realty. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
2. (Law)
(a) Immobility, or the fixed, permanent nature of real
property; as, chattels which savor of the realty; --
so written in legal language for reality.
(b) Real estate; a piece of real property. --Blackstone.
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