Mario bought a small house in Nelson and was puzzled when he saw the conveyancing documents, which referred to a transfer of a "fee simple." The following statements were made to him to explain the term. Which is incorrect?
A) The owner of the fee simple also owns what is below the land subject to the reservations in favour of the Crown.
B) The owner of the fee simple has the right to exclusive possession of the land and can sell it in his lifetime or dispose of it by his will.
C) If the owner of the fee simple dies without a will, his estate reverts back to the Crown.
D) Technically, only the Crown owns the land, but the fee simple interest is the greatest bundle of rights, other than the Crown's, a person can own.
E) The owner of the fee simple has rights to the surface of the earth and also to anything attached to it, e.g., crops, houses, fences.
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