Adverse Possession

Question 1

Privity

Answer 1

Legal concept referring to a special or close relationship b/w parties who have the same rights or interest in something

Question 2

Tacking

Answer 2

The practice of adding together successive time periods of adverse possessors in order to reach the statutory minimum.

Question 3

Sue Quiet Title

Answer 3

anyone can come forward with a claim to the land. Settle the Adverse Possessor’s new title, TITLE VESTS in him

Question 4

Disability

Answer 4

if true title owner is imprisoned, a minority, or lacking mental capacity some JXD protect them by extending the statutory period.

Question 5

Quiet Title Action

Answer 5

Met all the AP elements and wants “proof of title” aka record ownership

Question 6

Equitable doctrine of tacking

Answer 6

It can only ripen w/ a good faith mistake.

Question 7

Color of Title

Answer 7

deed or other instrument of conveyance that purports to convey title to the land in question

Question 8

Color of Title

Answer 8

deed or other instrument of conveyance that purports to convey title to the land in question

Question 9

Warranty Deed

Answer 9

a deed of conveyance in which the grantor makes warranties of title to the grantee – that the grantor has title to the land free of unspecified and unexcepted encumbrances and has the right to convey the land

Question 10

Warranty Deed

Answer 10

a deed of conveyance in which the grantor makes warranties of title to the grantee – that the grantor has title to the land free of unspecified and unexcepted encumbrances and has the right to convey the land

Question 11

Quit Claim Deed

Answer 11

a deed of conveyance that makes no title warranties. conveys to the grantee “all of [the grantor’s] right, title, and interest” in the described land, without providing any general or specific warranty of title