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Real Estate Condominiums Law and Legal Definition. A condominium is a title to a unit of real property which is ownership in the airspace which an apartment, office or store occupies.
As Bruce noted, an apartment is a description of a physical thing, like a house or a factory or an igloo. A condominium, however, is a legally defined term for a type of ownership structure. In the old days, ownership of a residential dwelling was simple: there was a house, it held one family, and was owned by one person.