Real property is said to include land, tenements, and hereditaments.

"Terra, land, in the legal signification, compre-hendeth any ground, soil, or earth whatsoever; as meadows, pastures, woods, moors, waters, marshes, furses, and heath. Terra est nomen generalissimum omnes species terrae; but properly terra dicitur a terendo, quia vomere teritur; and anciently it was written with a single r; and in that sense it included whatsoever may be ploughed; and is all one with arvum ab arando. It legally includeth also all castles, houses, and other buildings, for castles, houses, etc., consist upon two things, viz., land or ground as the foundation or structure thereupon; so as passing the land or ground, the structure or building thereupon passeth therewith. Land is anciently called fieth; but land builded is more worthy than other land, because it is for the habitation of man, and in that respect hath the precedency to be demanded in the first place in a praecipe, as hereafter shall be said. And therefore this element of the earth is preferred before the other elements, neither in the water, air or fire. For as the heavens are the habitation of Almighty God, so the earth hath he appointed as the suburbs of heaven to be the habitation of man; caelum caeli domino, terram autem dedit filiis hominum; all the whole heavens are the Lord's, the earth hath he given to the children of men. Besides, everything as it serveth more immediately, or more merely for the food and use of man (as shall be said hereafter), hather the precedent dignity before any other. And this doth the earth; for out of the earth cometh man's food and bread that strengthens man's heart, confirmat cor hommis, and wine that gladdeth the heart of man and oil that makes him a cheerful countenance; and therefore terra olim Ops mater dicta est, quia omnia hae opus habent ad vivemdum And the divine agreeth, herewith; for he saith, patriam tibi et nutri-cem, et matrem, et mensam, et domum posuit terram Deus, sed et sepulchrum tibi hanc eandem dedit. Also, the waters that yield fish for the food and sustenance of man, are not by that name demandable in a praecipe; but the land whereupon the water floweth or standeth is demandable; as for example, viginti acras terrae aqua coopertas; and besides, the earth doth furnish man with many other necessaries for his use, as it is replenished with hidden treasures, namely, with gold, silver, brass, iron, tin, lead, and other metals, and also with great variety of precious stones, and many other things for profit, ornament and pleasure. And lastly, the earth hath in law a great extent upwards, not only of water, as hath been said, but of air and all other things, even up to heaven, for cujus est solum est usque ad caelum, as is holden, 14 H., 8 fo 12; 22 H., 6, 58; 10; 3; 4; 14. Registrum origin and in other books."10