Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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subsurface right
1 A landowner's right to the minerals and water below the property. 2. A like right, held by another through grant by, or purchase from, a landowner. See MINERAL RIGHT. CC SURFACE RIGHT.
surface right
A landowner's right to the land's surface and to all substances below the surface that are not defined as minerals. ( The surface right is subject to the mineral owner's right to use the surface. - Also termed surface interest. Cf. MINERAL RIGHT; SUBSURFACE RIGHT.