Chapter 35 Vocabulary Flashcards
An item of personal property that has become so closely associated with real property that it is legally regarded as part of that real property.
Fixture
An ownership interest in land in which the owner has the greatest possible aggregation of rights, privileges, and power.
Fee Simple
An interest in land that exists only for the duration of the life of a specified individual, usually the holder of the estate.
Life Estate
The transfer of title to real property from one person to another by deed or other document.
Conveyance
The use of real property in a manner that damages or destroys its value.
Waste
Joint ownership.
Concurrent Ownership
Joint ownership of property in which each party owns an undivided interest that passes to his or her heirs at death.
Tenancy in Common
Joint ownership of property by two or more co-owners in which each co-owner owns an undivided portion of the property. On the death of one of the join tenants, his or her interest automatically passes to the surviving joint tenant(s).
Joint Tenancy
Joint ownership of property by a married couple in which neither spouse can transfer his or her interest in the property without the consent of the other.
Tenancy by the Entirety
A form of concurrent property ownership in which each spouse owns an undivided one-half interest in property acquired during the marriage.
Community Property
An interest in real property that gives a tenant a qualified right to possess and/or use the property for a limited time under a lease.
Leasehold Estate
A type of tenancy under which property is leased for a specified period of time, such as a month, a year, or a period of years.
Fixed-Term Tenancy (Tenancy for Years)
A lease interest in land for an indefinite period involving payment of rent at fixed intervals, such as week to week, month to month, or year to year.
Periodic Tenancy
A type of tenancy that either the landlord or the tenant can terminate without notice.
Tenancy at Will
A tenancy that arises when a tenant wrongfully continues to occupy leased property after the lease has terminated.
Tenancy at Sufferance
In the context of real property, an interest that involves the right to use land but not the right to possess it.
Nonpossessory Interest
A nonpossessory right, established by express or implied agreement, to make limited use of another’s property without removing anything from the property.
Easement
In real property law, the right to enter into another’s property and remove something of value from that property.
Profit
In the context of real property, a revocable right or privilege to enter into another person’s land.
License
An implied promise by a seller of anew house that the house is fit for human habitation. Also, the implied promise by a landlord that rented residential premises are habitable.
Implied Warranty of Habitability
A document by which the real property is passed.
Deed
A deed that provides the greatest amount of protection for the grantee. The grantor promises that she or he has title to the property conveyed in the deed, that there are no undisclosed encumbrances on the property, and that the grantee will enjoy quiet possession of the property.
Warranty Deed
A deed that warrants only that the grantor held good title during his or her ownership of the property and does not warrant that there were no defects of title when the property was held by previous owners.
Special Warranty Deed
A deed that conveys only whatever interest the grantor had in the property and therefore offers the lest amount of protection against defects of title.
Quitclaim Deed
A statute that allows deeds, mortgages, and other real property transactions to be recorded so as to provide notice to future purchasers or creditors of an existing claim on the property.
Recording Statute
The acquisition of title to real property through open occupation, without the consent of the owner, for a period of time specified by a state statute. The occupation must be actual, exclusive, open, continuous, and in opposition to all others, including the owner.
Adverse Possession
The power of a government to take land from private citizens for public use on the payment of just compensation.
Eminent Domain
The judicial procedure by which the government exercises its power of eminent domain. It generally involves two phases: a taking and a determination of fair value.
Condemnation Proceedings
The taking of private property by the government for public use through the power of eminent domain.
Taking
A landlord’s act of depriving a tenant of possession of the leased premises.
Eviction
A form of eviction that occurs when a landlord fails to perform adequately any of the duties required by the lease, thereby making the tenant’s further use an enjoyment of the property exceedingly difficult or impossible.
Constructive Eviction
A tenant’s transfer of all or part of the leased premises to a third person for a period shorter than the lease term.
Sublease
