Ch 2 - Nature & Description

Question 1

The act of removing something attached to land or of terminating a relationship

Answer 1

Severance

Question 2

Items of tangible personal property

Answer 2

Chattels

Question 3

A street address; not a precise method of land description, used more for convenience and is not used in situations requiring precision

Answer 3

Informal reference

Question 4

An early method of land description that provides a legal reference; depends heavily on natural monuments such as trees, a pile of rocks, or a stream

Answer 4

Metes and bounds

Question 5

This method of land description is based on the imaginary lines that encircle the globe; also called government survey system

Answer 5

Rectangular survey system

Question 6

This type of measurement is used to describe mineral rights or air lots in multi-story condominiums

Answer 6

Vertical land description

Question 7

A map shows hills and valleys, slopes and water runoff; indicates elevation

Answer 7

Contour map/topographic map

Question 8

Fixtures attached to a rented building by the tenant for the purposes of doing business

Answer 8

Trade fixtures

Question 9

True or false:

A landowner can use the water touching his land provided he/she does not alter the waters position by artificial means

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or false:

Ownership of real property is conveyed by a deed

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True or false:

Cars, boats, furniture, and clothes are examples of Chattels real

Answer 11

False

Question 12

True or false:

The bundle of rights includes the rights of possession, use, enjoyment, control, and disposition

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or false:

Trade fixtures do not count as personal property

Answer 13

False

Question 14

True or false:

metes and bounds is the most precise method of land description

Answer 14

True

Question 15

Anything that is attached to the property and conveys with the title to real property it’s called:

Answer 15

Appurtances

Question 16

True or false:

Ownership of personal property is usually transferred by a bill of sale

Answer 16

True

Question 17

What is the term for the right to use water in common with the other landowners whose land also borders the watercourse?

Answer 17

Riparian rights

Question 18

What determines the ownership and use of water in states where water is scarce?

Answer 18

Doctrine of prior appropriation

Question 19

Water beneath the surface of the land and not confined to a defined waterway is known as…

The level at which such water is found is called the…

Answer 19

Percolating water

Water table

Question 20

Tangible property such as a building or fixture

Answer 20

Corporeal property

Question 21

NOT tangible property and can include things such as rent or rights associated with an easement

Answer 21

Incorporeal property

Question 22

An article is determined to be real estate because of:

Answer 22

• The manner of attachment
• The adaptation of the article
• The existence of an agreement
• The relationship of the parties involved

Question 23

How is natural vegetation classified?

Answer 23

Fructus naturales

Question 24

Personal property is determined by its…

Realty determined by its…

Answer 24

Mobility

Immobility

Question 25

What is true about all of these:

1. Informal reference
2. Metes and bounds
3. Rectangular survey
4. Recorded plat
5. Vertical land description

Answer 25

They are commonly used methods to describe the location of land