Glossary
Jam Highland
- For ease and understanding, this report refers to the deslinde’d land in question as “Jam Highland”:
“Jam” because according to the latest plans for the plot, its name is “El Jamito”. Local businesses have also used “Jamito” to describe the connecting road, when advertising their address online.
“Highland” because the plot is high-land e.g. a hill. The term is also synonymous with Scotland to describe large hills. And this coastlines official name is “Bahía Escocesa” (Scottish Bay) Learn More
Deslinde
Property Registration Law (No. 108-05) involving the Deslinde Process. Prior to the enactment of this law, almost all real estate sales were made without a plan approved by the State (“boundary”) because this process took years to complete. However, the new law limits sales, purchases, mortgages, and formation of condominiums on properties that have not been demarcated by putting this requirement that the property is demarcated (deslinde) as the paramount requirement. Learn More
Easement
An easement is a legal right benefiting property or a piece of land (known as the dominant land) that is enjoyed over another piece of land owned by somebody else (servient land). … It is a right over land belonging to someone else, but it is not a right to possession or even joint use of the land. Learn More
Annexures
A suppliment or appendix to a written document. An annexure is an addition to something, often to a document. When used generally to simply mean something added, annexure is interchangeable with annex. More commonly used in Britain and India, where it often specifically refers to an addition to an official document.