Terms Used In South Carolina Code 27-8-40

• Conservation easement: means a nonpossessory interest of a holder in real property imposing limitations or affirmative obligations, the purposes of which include one or more of the following:
  
  (a) retaining or protecting natural, scenic, or open-space aspects of real property;
  
  (b) ensuring the availability of real property for agricultural, forest, recreational, educational, or open-space use;
  
  (c) protecting natural resources;
  
  (d) maintaining or enhancing air or water quality;
  
  (e) preserving the historical, architectural, archaeological, or cultural aspects of real property. See South Carolina Code 27-8-20
• Holder: means :
  
  (a) a governmental body empowered to hold an interest in real property under the laws of this State or the United States; or
  
  (b) a charitable, not-for-profit or educational corporation, association, or trust the purposes or powers of which include one or more of the purposes listed in subsection (1). See South Carolina Code 27-8-20
• Third-party right of enforcement: means a right provided by the grantor of the conservation easement to enforce selected terms of the conservation easement which is granted to a governmental body, a charitable, not-for-profit, or educational corporation, association, or trust, which though not the holder of the easement, is eligible to be the holder of such easement. See South Carolina Code 27-8-20