Realty

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Realty \Re"al*ty\ (-t[y^]), n. [OF. r['e]alt['e], LL. regalitas,
     fr. L. regalis. See {Regal}.]
     1. Royalty. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     2. Loyalty; faithfulness. [R.] --Milton.


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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Realty \Re"al*ty\, n. [Contr. from 1st {Reality}.]
     1. Reality. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  realty
       n : property consisting of houses and land [syn: {real property},
            {real estate}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "realty":
     acres, chattels real, demesne, domain, grounds, honor, land,
     landed property, lands, lot, lots, manor, messuage, parcel, plat,
     plot, praedium, property, quadrat, real estate, real property,
     tenements, toft
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  REALTY. An abstract of real, as distinguished from personalty. Realty 
  relates to lands and tenements, rents or other hereditaments. Vide Real 
  Property.