Book excerpt: Lawyers in North Carolina have long relied upon Webster's Real Estate Law in North Carolina as their authoritative reference. Now in its Fifth Edition, this classic handbook remains the single most important source for real estate law in the state. It presents the North Carolina courts' holdings on virtually thousands of questions concerning property law & contains updated standard real estate forms approved by the North Carolina Bar Association, & a new Table of Cases. The book also covers the fundamental principles of the law of real property as developed & defined by North Carolina legislation & judicial opinion.