Ch 33 Acquiring Title to Real Property

Question 1

Accretion

Answer 1

any gradual addition to the soil made by nature, such as the gradual accumulation of soil on land next to a stream, caused by the action of water

Question 2

Adverse Possession

Answer 2

title to real property obtained by taking actual possession of its openly, notoriously, exclusively, under a claim of right, and continuously for a period set by statute

Question 3

Alluvion

Answer 3

any gradual addition to the soil made by nature, such as the gradual accumulation of soil on land next to a stream, caused by the action of water

Question 4

Attachment

Answer 4

the act of taking or seizing property by the use of writ, summons, or other judicial order and bringing it into the custody of the court so that it may be applied toward the defendants debt if the plaintiff wins the case

Question 5

Convey

Answer 5

to transfer

Question 6

Conveyance

Answer 6

a formal, written instrument by which title to real property is transferred from one person to another

Question 7

Deed

Answer 7

a formal, written instrument by which title to real property is transferred from one person to another

Question 8

Disseised

Answer 8

dispossessed

Question 9

Divested

Answer 9

taken away

Question 10

Erosion

Answer 10

the gradual eating away of the soil by the operation of currents or tides

Question 11

Foreclose

Answer 11

to shut out, bar, or terminate

Question 12

Homestead Act

Answer 12

1862 anyone who was at least 21 years old and who had never taken up arms against the U.S. to get up to 160 acres of public, undeveloped land.

Question 13

Infancy

Answer 13

under the age of majority

Question 14

Mortgagee

Answer 14

one who lends money and takes back a mortgage as security for the loan

Question 15

Mortgagee’s Foreclosure Sale

Answer 15

a sale of real property that terminates all rights of the mortgagor in the property covered by the mortgage

Question 16

Mortgagor

Answer 16

one who borrows money and gives a mortgage that is pledges property to the lender as security for the loan

Question 17

Record Owner

Answer 17

the person who appears to be the owner of the property according to the records at the registry of deeds

Question 18

Reliction

Answer 18

the gradual recession of water, leaving land permanently uncovered

Question 19

Right of Redemption

Answer 19

the right to take property back. a statutory right to redeem the property even after a foreclosure sale.

Question 20

Seal

Answer 20

a mark, impression, the word seal, or the letters L.S. placed on a written contract next to a party’s signature

Question 21

Seisin

Answer 21

possession of a freehold

Question 22

Sheriff’s Sale

Answer 22

a sale of property at public auction conducted by a sheriff

Question 23

Tacking

Answer 23

the addition of a previous occupants possession to ones own possession in order to meet the statutory period for adverse possession

Question 24

Vendee

Answer 24

a purchaser or buyer of property or good

Question 25

Vendor

Answer 25

a person who transfers property or goods by sale