Humber/Ontario Real Estate Course 1 Exam Practice

ABC Forest Products leases a 500-acre woodlot from Owner Chapman. The lease provides that ABC can remove specific trees as set out in the lease, subject to applicable government regulations. The right to enter the property under this lease is best described as:

1. An authority by prescription.

2. A release.

3. Profit a prendre.

4. Adverse possession.

5. An easement by necessity.

6. Fee simple ownership.

The correct answer is: Profit a prendre.

The correct answer is profit a prendre. This term refers to the right to take natural resources from another person's land, such as timber, minerals, or wildlife. In this scenario, ABC Forest Products has a lease agreement allowing them to remove specific trees from the woodlot owned by Chapman, which falls squarely into the definition of profit a prendre. This legal right is distinct because it grants ABC the ability to extract resources from the land, rather than simply having access to or ownership of the land itself. Other terms like adverse possession and an easement by necessity relate to different types of property rights rather than rights to remove resources. An authority by prescription involves obtaining rights through continuous use over time, which is not applicable here since there's a formal lease in place. A release typically refers to relinquishing a right or claim, which doesn't fit this situation, and fee simple ownership denotes full ownership of property, rather than a use right as granted by a lease.