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where did the term real estate come from
HellHound:
why real estate? was there ever fake estate? shouldn't it just be called "estate"??
Red Spy:
HellHound:
yeah but that still doesn't explain why we have to specify the estate is real, and not just imaginary
edit: added poll quizzing people on where it came from
Drydess:
you're an idiot op
it's so that we don't confuse it with fake estate. forgets sake is it that hard to understand
Teneksi:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_property
"The term is historic, arising from the now-discontinued form of action, which distinguished between real property disputes and personal property disputes. Personal property was, and continues to be, all property that is not real property."
"In common law, real property was property that could be protected by some form of real action,[clarification needed] in contrast to personal property, where a plaintiff would have to resort to another form of action."