PASS GEORGIA
REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM GLOSSARY
An easement in gross is a nonpossessory right to use land that benefits a person or organization rather than another parcel of land.
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REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM
GLOSSARY TERM GUIDEBuild the complete exam definition
Learn the rule, separate it from the nearest distractor, then apply it to a Georgia fact pattern.
What does Easement in gross mean?
An easement in gross is a nonpossessory right to use land that benefits a person or organization rather than another parcel of land.
How do you separate the nearest exam answer?
An easement in gross has no dominant tenement. An easement appurtenant benefits a dominant parcel and burdens a servient parcel.
What changes or stays the same in Georgia?
Utility easements are common Georgia examples. The recorded grant controls whether the right is transferable, exclusive, and limited to a stated purpose.
A utility company holds a recorded right to place and maintain lines across a subdivision lot without owning a neighboring dominant parcel.
Do not invent a dominant estate simply because the easement holder owns other land nearby.
PASS GEORGIA
REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM
GLOSSARY TERM GUIDERetrieve the rule under exam conditions
Answer before reading the explanation. Then explain why every distractor belongs to a different term.
A utility company holds a recorded right to run power lines across a homeowner's backyard. The company owns no neighboring land. What is this right?
- A
An easement in gross
- B
An easement appurtenant
- C
A license in real property
- D
An encroachment
An easement in gross benefits a person or organization rather than a neighboring parcel, and utility easements are the standard example. It cannot be appurtenant because there is no dominant tenement. A recorded grant is a property right, not revocable permission.
Mark each box only when you can perform the skill without looking.
I can define the term in one precise sentence.
I can separate it from the closest look-alike.
I can explain the Georgia rule or confirm that the national rule applies.
I can answer the practice check and explain every option.
PASS GEORGIA
REAL ESTATE EXAM PREPGEORGIA REAL ESTATE EXAM
GLOSSARY TERM GUIDEConnect the term to the wider exam
Use these relationships to move from isolated recall to a connected exam model.
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Official exam administration and content-outline source.
https://test-takers.psiexams.com/api/content/bulletin/4672State-authorized public access to current Georgia statutes, including Title 44 property law.
https://www.lexisnexis.com/hottopics/gacode/Default.aspOfficial statewide reference for Georgia real estate recording, indexing, and public land-record access.
https://www.gsccca.org/learn/search-systems/real-estate-index