Property Ownership
A Maine landowner sells the timber rights on their property but retains ownership of the land. The timber company's right to enter the land and harvest timber is a:
AFee simple estate
BProfit à prendre✓ Correct
CEasement appurtenant
DLicense
Explanation
A profit à prendre is the right to enter another's land and take part of the soil or products of the soil, such as timber, minerals, or game. Timber rights conveyed separately from land are a classic profit à prendre in Maine.
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