An estate in land is, in the law of England and Wales, an interest in real property that is or may become possessory.
[1][2] It is a type of personal property and encompasses land ownership, rental and other arrangements that give people the right to use land.
This is distinct from sovereignty over the land, which includes the right to government and taxation.
In property law, the rights and interests associated with an estate in land may be conceptually understood as a "bundle of rights" because of the potential for different parties having different interests in the same real property.
Estates in land can be divided into four basic categories: