Ch41 Resources

Question 1

Addition to land by gradual water deposits

Answer 1

Accretion

Question 2

Acquiring title to land by occupying it for fixed period

Answer 2

Adverse Possession

Question 3

One’s apparent title

Answer 3

Color of Title

Question 4

Property acquired during marriage owned separately and equally by both spouses

Answer 4

Community Property

Question 5

An interest in land for nonexclusive or intermittent use

Answer 5

Easement

Question 6

Interest in property

Answer 6

Estate

Question 7

Largest, most complete right in property

Answer 7

Fee Simple Estate

Question 8

Personal property so securely attached to real estate that it becomes part of the real estate.

Answer 8

Fixture

Question 9

Multiple ownership in which, at death of one, that share passes to remaining owners

Answer 9

Joint Tenancy

Question 10

Right to do certain acts on land

Answer 10

License

Question 11

Estate for duration of a person’s life

Answer 11

Life Estate

Question 12

Person owning property for a lifetime

Answer 12

Life Tenant

Question 13

Suit to divide joint tenancy

Answer 13

Partition

Question 14

Land and permanent attachments to land

Answer 14

Real Property

Question 15

Interest in life estate that goes to someone other than grantor on death of life tenant

Answer 15

Remainder

Question 16

Interest of grantor in life estate that returns to grantor on death of life tenant

Answer 16

Reversion

Question 17

Automatic ownership of property by survivors

Answer 17

Right of Survivorship

Question 18

Co–ownership by husband and wife with right of survivorship

Answer 18

Tenancy by the Entirety

Question 19

Multiple ownership in which, at death, one owner’s share passes as will directs or to heirs.

Answer 19

Tenancy in Common

Question 20

1. In the legal sense, vegetation is considered real property only.

Answer 20

False

Question 21

2. In most states where navigable rivers form the boundary, the owner of the adjoining land owns the land only to the low-water mark.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

3. All perennials growing on land are a part of the land until they are removed.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

4. Co-ownership by husband and wife with rights of survivorship is called tenancy by the union.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

5. Community property is property acquired during a marriage that is owned separately and equally by both spouses.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

6. All states operate under community property laws.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

7. If a nonnavigable river flows through property, a person who owns the property owns the riverbed but not the water that flows over the bed.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

8. When more than one person owns land, each person has the right to use and possess it.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

9. A ________ is multiple ownership in which, at death, one owner’s share passes as a will directs or to the heirs.

Answer 28

tenancy in common

Question 29

10. Automatic ownership of property by survivors is called ________.

Answer 29

right of survivorship

Question 30

11. Interest of a grantor in a life estate that returns to the grantor upon the death of a life tenant is ________.

Answer 30

reversion

Question 31

12. Acquiring title to land by occupying it for a fixed period of time is called ________.

Answer 31

adverse possession

Question 32

13. Addition to land as a result of gradual water deposits is an ________.

Answer 32

accretion

Question 33

CROSSWORD: This occurs when two or more people own property such that, at death, one owner’s share passes as a will directs or to their heirs.

Answer 33

Tenancy in Common

Question 34

CROSSWORD: Sometimes refrigerators are considered this in apartment rentals.

Answer 34

Fixtures

Question 35

CROSSWORD: This is the nature and extent of interest that a person has in real or personal property.

Answer 35

Estate

Question 36

CROSSWORD: Under tenancy by the entirety, if a spouse dies the property converts to the surviving spouse and the creditor cannot have a claim against the property unless the creditor has _______ spouses.

Answer 36

Both

Question 37

CROSSWORD: The original owner may no longer object to a trespass and the title to real property by occupying the land owned by another for a period fixed by statute.

Answer 37

Adverse Possession

Question 38

CROSSWORD: This consists of land and all the permanent attachments to the land.

Answer 38

Real Property

Question 39

CROSSWORD: The addition to land as a result of the gradual deposit by water of solids.

Answer 39

Accretion

Question 40

CROSSWORD: The courts ruled in this court case that the strip of land was acquired by adverse possession.

Answer 40

Butzkiewiczvdi Franco

Question 41

CROSSWORD: This is when interest of grantor in life estate that returns to the grantor on the death of tenant.

Answer 41

Reversion

Question 42

CROSSWORD: This many states recognize a form of ownership called community property. (Spell out the number)

Answer 42

Nine

Question 43

CROSSWORD: These three words pertain to the idea that the owner has the right to possess he property forever.

Answer 43

Fee Simple Estate

Question 44

CROSSWORD: Interest in life estate that goes to someone other than the grantor on death of life tenant.

Answer 44

Remainder

Question 45

CROSSWORD: A joint tenancy can be destroyed by one joint tenant for a division of the property called a suit for ______________.

Answer 45

Partition

Question 46

CROSSWORD: The right-of-way across another’s land is called an ___________.

Answer 46

Easement

Question 47

CROSSWORD: This is the automatic ownership of property by survivors.

Answer 47

Right of Survivorship