The opposite is true if a developer needs the air rights from a particular parcel.

Under past court rulings, for example, an area can be declared blighted even if particular parcels within it are not.

Another example is when a community decides on what to do with a particular parcel of land.

Gehry's impact has been on consciousness, that is to say, not just particular parcels of land.

A property abstract is a collection of legal documents which chronicles activities associated with a particular parcel of land.

Obtaining land fee-simple means purchasing land and all rights associated with that particular parcel.

"Yes, there are residential areas around it and that particular parcel is zoned residential," he said.

"That's a decision that local communities have to make, on whether golf makes sense on a particular parcel of land."

The natural resources on the land belonged to the tribe as a whole and not to those who possessed the particular parcel.

Approval of the $30 million plan has raised expectations of community groups that back buying up particular parcels.