emblements

The crops or products of the land legally belonging to a tenant.

[From Middle English emblaiment, from Old French emblaement, from emblaer, to sow with grain, from Medieval Latin imblādāre : Latin in-, in; see en–¹ + Medieval Latin blādum, blādium, grain (of Germanic origin).]

1. Right of a Tenant of agricultural land to remove crops that he has planted, even if the tenancy has expired before harvest.

2. Vegetable Chattels, such as corn, produced annually as the result of one's labor and deemed Personal Property in the event of the death of the farmer before the harvest.

A growing crop. Annual crops are generally considered Personal Property.
Example: Abel, a Tenant planted corn on Baker's land. Three days prior to harvesting, Baker informs Abel that the Land Lease has expired. Abel has the right to emblements and so can harvest the corn.

Table 20 Ellwood Technique

Present value of cash flow:

$10,000

x 5.65 Annuity factor at 12% = $ 56,500

_______

Present value of Reversion:

$100,000

x .322 Present value factor at 12% = 32,200

_______ ______

Value of equity $ 88,700

Add: Mortgage balance 500,000

_______

Property value $588,700

Crops annually produced by the labor of a tenant. Corn, wheat, rye, potatoes, garden vegetables, and other crops that are produced annually, not spontaneously, but by labor and industry. The doctrine of emblements denotes the right of a tenant to take and carry away, after the tenancy has ended, such annual products of the land as have resulted from the tenant's care and labor.