surface rights
Definition
Landowner's rights to the exterior or upper boundary of the land (except those restricted by the mineral owner's rights) and water and other substances (except those defined as minerals) below it. See also mineral rights and subsurface rights.
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surface rights is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law and Real Estate & Buildings subjects.
surface rights appears in the definitions of the following terms: air rights, real estate, subsurface rights and mineral rights
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