Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 8.3i (2026)
“Land,”“real estate,” and “real property” defined.
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Revised Statutes of 1846
R.S. of 1846
8.3i “Land,”“real estate,” and “real property” defined.
Sec. 3i.
The words "land", "lands", "real estate" and "real property" mean lands, tenements and real estate, and all rights thereto and interests therein.
History: Add. 1959, Act 189, Imd. Eff. July 22, 1959
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1973–1992 · leading case: Advisory Opinion Re Constitutionality of 1972 PA 294, 1972 PA 294 (Mich. 1973).
Advisory Opinion Re Constitutionality of 1972 PA 294, 1972 PA 294 (Mich. 1973). “212(8); land, real estate and real property, MCLA 8.3i; MSA 2.212(9); month and year, MCLA 8.”
Hess v. West Bloomfield Twp., 486 N.W.2d 628 (Mich. 1992). “] A statutory definition for the term "land" is included within MCL 8.3i; MSA 2.212(9), which provides: The words "land," "lands," "real estate" and "real property" mean lands, tenements and real estate, and all rights thereto and interests therein.”
Fox & Assocs., Inc v. Hayes Twp., 413 N.W.2d 465 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). “212 and MCL 8.3i; MSA 2.212(9) provide: In the construction of the statutes of this state the rules stated in sections 3a to 3w shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature.”
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