This term is generally synonymous with and usually used in reference with easements and covenants. It also means passing with the transfer of the land. RURAL Pertaining to the area outside the larger and moderate- sized cities and surrounding population concentrations. Generally characterized by farms, ranches, small towns, and unpopulated regions. Compare with suburb.

an expression indicating a right or restriction that affects all current and future owners of a property.

A legal term which suggests that a rule, restriction, right or obligation forms part of the land itself and is transferred to each new owner along with the land.

A phrase used to describe an interest in a landowner's land held by someone else, which interest survives a change of ownership of the land.

A phrase describing rights or covenants that bind or benefit successive owners of a property. An example is a restrictive building covenant in a recorded deed that would affect all future owners of the property. Unlike an easement in gross, an easement appurtenant runs with the land and thus passes to a succeeding owner even if it is not specified in the deed. For example, if the grantee Sylvia Buckner agrees, as part of the consideration to a transaction, to repair a building located on land owned by grantor Leonard Musslewhite, such a covenant will not run with the land. This is because it merely places a duty on the grantee Buckner. The promise does not touch and concern the land granted from Musslewhite to Buckner--it is only a personal covenant for the grantor's benefit.

Expression that indicates a right or a restriction that will affect all current and future owners.