Chapter 4 Property Rights Flashcards
Condominium
Single unit ownership in a multiple unit dwelling
Cooperative:
Form of real property ownership where a corporation or association divides a single property into portions, with each user owning stock in the corporation
Declaration:
The recorded document that creates a condominium
Elective Share:
The right that a surviving spouse has to claim 30% of the net estate of the deceased spouse that has been willed to another party. The surviving spouse has 120 days to file a claim of elective share.
Estate for Years:
A lease that has a beginning date, and ending date, and is in writing
Fee Simple Estate
The most popular type of estate with the greatest “bundle of rights” available
Fixture:
Personal property that is permanently attached to real property
Freehold Estate
An estate that consists of ownership rights of an unknown duration
Homestead
The dwelling of the head of household that is afforded certain privileges such as protection from judgment liens and a special real estate tax exemption
Joint Tenancy
Ownership by two or more persons with the “unities” of time, title, interest, and possession present plus the right of survivorship
Land
Actual surface of the subject property
Leasehold Estate
Interest in real property where ownership or possession is measured in calendar time (non-freehold estate)
Life Estate
An ownership in real property that is tied to the death of a pre-determined party
Personal Property
All property that is not real property such as a car, boat, stocks or a mortgage
Proprietary Lease
A lease that is created for individual use within a cooperative
Real Estate
The land and all improvements permanently attached to the land (tangible)
Real Property
Real estate plus the legal “bundle of rights” that a person acquires by having an interest in real estate
Remainderman
when a life estate terminates, the property reverts to a pre-determined third party, not the original grantor
Right of Survivorship
Surviving owners in a joint Tenancy or Tenancy by the Entireties absorb all interest and rights in a property
Separate Property
Any Property owned separately prior to marriage or properties acquired by gift or inheritance during the marriage
Tenancy at Sufferance
When a lease expires and no agreement has been made as to future occupancy (the tenant is a holdover)
Tenancy at Will
A lease agreement that is not in writing or does not have a beginning date and an ending date or both ( a month-to-month tenant)
Tenancy by Entireties
Ownership of real property by husband and wife only
Tenancy in Common
Ownership of real property whereby the co-owners may or may not have acquired title at the same time, may or may not have the same interest and right of use, and do not have the right of survivorship
Time Share
Selling or leasing a single unit to multiple owners or tenants with specific rights to use