Broker License Flashcards
Principal Meridian
N/S
Base Line
E/W
Acre
43,560
Mile
5280
Dominant easement
right to use
Servient easement
owns land being used
Easement appurtenant
rights attached to land
Easement in gross
assigned to individual or business
Abandoned easement
owner must take action to abandon
Easement merger
purchased property
Easement out of necessity
purpose of in and out
Accretion
land build up- water carries rock, sand soil
Alluvion
new deposits of land
Erosion
gradual loss of land
Avulsion
sudden loss of land, change in water flow
Reliction
water recedes, uncovers new land
Ownership in Severalty
Single ownership, no joint interest, estate passes according to will or law
Tenants in Common
-Co ownership
-inheritable, default arrangement if deed doesn’t specify,
-owners debt can attach
-termination by tenancy in severalty,
-each owner owns a partition
Joint Tenancy
Unity, time, title interest
owners debt attaches
right of survivorship
precedence over devisees in a will
co owners inherit
converts to estate in severalty when one owner left
Freehold estate
ownership can be inherited ad infinitum
specified by will or law
ordinary life estate
lasts till death
remainder man inherits
or revision or originator
Fee simple estate
no fixed duration
most rights conveyed
rights above, below
inheritable
probate process
Fee simple defeasible
buyer must meet certain conditions
subject to certain events or conditions
no judicial process
Fee simple subject to condition
specific condition
requires court process to revert
Fee simple absolute
no restrictions
Estate for years
specific date
mutual agreement
periodic estate
period to period renewal
ends automatically