Chapter 2 Flashcards
Air Rights
Rights in the airspace above the surface of land.
Alienation
Transfer of title to real property.
Appurtenant Easement
A right to use in the adjoining land of another that moves with the title to the property benefiting from the easement.
Bundle of Rights (DEEPC)
The rights of an owner of a freehold estate to possession, enjoyment, control, and disposition of real property.
Bundle of Rights (DEEPC)
The rights of an owner of a freehold estate to possession, enjoyment, control, and disposition of real property.
Condemnation
The exercise of the power of eminent domain. The taking of private property for public use by paying just compensation.
Condominium
A form of ownership of real property recognized in all states that consists of individual ownership of some aspects and co-ownership of other aspects of the property.
Cooperative
A form of ownership in which stockholders in a corporation occupy property owned by the corporation under a lease.
Co-Ownership
Title to real property held by two or more persons (co-owners) at the same time. There are many forms of co-ownership, including tenancy in common, tenancy by the entirety, and joint tenancy also called concurrent ownership.
Curtesy
A husband’s interest in the real property of his wife.
Declaration of Restrictions
The instrument used to record restrictive covenants on the public record.
Defeasible Fee
A title that is subject to being lost if certain conditions occur.
Dower
A wife’s interest in the real property of her husband.
Easement
A non-possessory right of use in the land of another.
Easement in Gross
A personal right of use in the land of another without the requirement that the holder of the right own adjoining land.
Emblements
Personal property growing in the soil that requires planting and cultivation. Annual crops. Also, the right of former owners to re-enter property to cultivate and harvest annual crops that were planted by them.
Eminent Domain
The power of government to take private property for public use.
Encroachment
A trespass on the land of another as a result of an intrusion by some structure or another object.
Encumbrance
A claim, lien, charge, or liability attached to and binding upon real property.
Estate
An interest in real property sufficient to give the owner of the estate the right to possession of real property.
Estovers
The right of a life tenant or lessee to cit timber on the property for fuel or to use in making repairs.
Fee Simple Absolute
An inheritable freehold estate in land that is the greatest form of real property ownership.
Fixture
Personal property that has become real property by having been permanently attached to real property.
Foreshore
The land between high and low watermarks.