Real Estate Definition: Same as real property; land and rights attached to land. Related Terms: Real Property, Immovable Synonymous with real property. Real estate is a property right in land or in something attached to land; to an immoveable. It also includes incorporeal hereditaments such as easements or heriditary titles. This common law definition can be significantly altered by statute. The English Wills Act of 1837 defined real estate as including: "... manors, advowsons, messuages, lands, tithes, rents, and hereditaments...." In some jurisdictions, real estate can be defined to capture items that are not traditionally real property, such as personal property or chattels. For example, the Saskatchewan Real Estate Act (S.S., 1990, Chapter R-1.3) defines real estate as: "... real or leasehold property; any business with premises, and with or without fixtures, stock-in-trade, goods or chattels in connection with the operation of the business; and a time-share plan." Categories & Topics: Real Estate and Tenancy Law Dictionary Find you are constantly looking up definitions? Try our search provider (works in most modern browsers) If you find an error or omission in Duhaime's Legal Dictionary, or if you have legal term suggestion, we'd love to hear from you!