Chapter 3 Interests in Real Estate Flashcards

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Degree, quantity, nature and extent of an owner’s interest in real property

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estate in land

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Indeterminable length of time in which an owner holds interest.

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Freehold estate

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3
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Type of freehold estate

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fee simple estate

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4
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Highest interest in real estate recognized by law

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fee simple absolute

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5
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fee simple “with strings attached”.

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fee simple defeasible

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6
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Condition subsequent

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Fee simple as long as you “can only do…”

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7
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Determinable

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fee simple as long as “you can’t do…”

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8
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Form of ownership for the duration of a person’s life

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Life estate

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9
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possessor of a life estate

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life tenant

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10
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“for the life of another” provides inheritance for the life tenant’s heirs

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Pur autre vie

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“Expressing future interest”

Creator of life estate may name a remainderman as the person whom the property will pass when the life estate ends

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Remainder interest

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12
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“Revert back to original ownership”

Creator of life estate may choose to not name a remainderman. Ownership returns to original owner upon the death of life tenant.

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Revisionary interest

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13
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Provide non-owning spouse with means of support after the death of the owning spouse

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Dower or curtsey

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14
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Legal life estate in real estate is occupied as the family home. “Protection against unsecured creditors”

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Homestead

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15
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This exemption reserves a certain amount of money for the family in the event of a court sale

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Homestead exemption

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16
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Type of interest in real estate that does not rise to the level of ownership or possession, yet still gives other entity some degree of use or control over property

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Encumberance

17
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Charge against property that provides security for a debt or an obligation of the property owner

18
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Highest priority lien

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Real estate taxes

19
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This limits the use a a property by the current owner, as well as future owners to whom the property is subsequently transferred

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Deed restrictions

20
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For subdivision developers. Maintaining specific standards in subdivision

21
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The right to use the land of another for a particular puropose

22
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This is attached to the ownership of real estate and allows the owner of that property the use of a neighbor;s land

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Easement appurtenant

23
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Parcel benefiting from easement

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dominant tenement

24
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parcel which the easement runs through

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servient tenement

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Ex: shared driveway. exterior wall of a building that straddles the boundary line b/w two lots
party wall
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Recipricol interest of each owner in the property of the other
cross easement.
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An individual OR COMPANY interest in or right to use someone else's land
Easement in gross
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Easements are created by
written agreements
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An easment that is created when an owner sells a parcel of land that has no legal access to a street of public way except over seller's remaining land. preventing someone from being landlocked
Easement by necessity
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"Squatter's rights" If claimant has made use of another's land for a certain period of time as defined by state law, then this type of easement is acquired
Easement by prescription
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Personal privelage to enter the land of another for a specific purpose
License
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WHen a building, fence or driveway illegally extends beyond the boundaries of the land its owner or legal building lines
encroachment
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"Yellow flag. Warning sign. Notice filed in the public record of a pending legal action affecting the title to or possession of a property
Lis pendens
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The four governmental powers
Police power. eminent domain. taxation. escheat.
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Action bought by a property owner seeking just compensation for land adjacent to land used for public purpose when the property's use and value have been diminished
Inverse condemnation
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Charge on real estate to rise funds to finance the operation of government facilities and services
taxation
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The process by which the state may acquire privately owned real or personal property
Escheat