- landowner
- An owner of real property. Sometimes inclusive of a tenant for years. 32 Am J1st L & T § 4. As a person entitled to redeem from an execution sale:–any owner of real estate whose interest was subject to the payment of the judgment upon which it was sold, without regard to whether he is the judgment debtor or claims under him. Anno: 2 ALR 794, s. 95 ALR 1095. As one qualified to object to the issuance of a liquor license:–a holder of the legal title, exclusive of lessee, life tenant, or person vested with title for the sole purpose of qualifying as a signer. 30 Am J Rev ed Intox L § 147. As one to be named in a petition for the establishment of a highway:–any person who has an interest of record in the land over which the highway is to be located. Anno: 2 ALR 788, s. 95 ALR 1091. As the word is used in a mechanic's lien statute:–the owner of the fee or of any interest in lands, legal or equitable, fee simple, or leasehold, including life estates, estates for years, interest as cotenant, lessee, trustee, or vendee in possession under an executory contract of sale. Anno: 2 ALR 795, s. 95 ALR 1095; 36 Am J1st Mech L § 84. Within the meaning of statutes penalizing hunting over property without the consent of the owner: a natural person, a corporation, or a quasi-person or entity such as a partnership, including one who owns an undivided fractional interest, one in possession under a parol contract of purchase, and, under some statutes, one who owns the hunting rights over lands. Anno: 2 ALR 799, s. 95 ALR 1099.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.