(1) An open or closed duct or conduit. (2) A gutter, furrow, or groove. (3) The deepest part of a natural waterway through which the main current flows, and which affords the best passageway for ships.

The term used to describe traffic direction. Traffic is “channeled” by use of one way streets, signs directing turns, island barriers, etc.

(1) A place of worship apart from a church, such as a hospital chapel, college chapel, etc. Generally for a small group. (2) A portion of a church secondary and subordinate to the main alter.

The unpaid balance of a loan that a lender writes off as a bad debt.

Personal property.

A lien on personal property. Also called a security interest or financing statement.

All estates in real property less than fee estates, such as a lease.

A method of planting rows of plants on intersecting lines, forming a “checkerboard” effect. Used for corn, tomatoes, and other vegetables.

A valve to prevent backup of material being carried through a pipe or other conduit.

A statement by a working husband and wife showing the amount paid for child care and to whom paid.

Any passage through which smoke from a fire passes. Most commonly the passage, constructed of brick, from a fireplace to above the roof of a building.

The back wall or lining of a fireplace or furnace chimney.

See: Flashing.

An earthenware or metal pipe or deflector, projecting from the top of the chimney to increase draft and reduce and disperse smoke.

A right to an action for recovery of a debt or to possession of anything held by another. The right to possession rather than possession.

Something in possession, rather than the right to possession.

A public place of worship, usually Christian worship. See also: Synagogue; Temple.

See: Common Interest Development.

A Spanish word meaning a swamp or marsh, formed by hillside springs.

A building block composed of cinders (ashes) and cement, which does not have the weight or strength of a cement block.

A semicircular window, usually above a door, which has no moving parts and is used as a decoration as well as to admit light.