Chapter 4 Transferring Real Estate

Question 1

abandoment

Answer 1

Giving up possession of property of nonuse

Question 2

accession

Answer 2

The process of manufactured or natural improvement or addition to the property

Question 3

acknowledgment

Answer 3

A formal declaration made before an authorized person by a person who has executed a written statement.

Question 4

action for declaratory relief

Answer 4

Legal proceeding brought to determine the respective rights of parties before a controversy arises.

Question 5

action to quiet title

Answer 5

A court proceeding brought to establish title to real property.

Question 6

administrator

Answer 6

Personal representative of the estate of a decedent, appointed by the probate court.

Question 7

adverse possession

Answer 7

A method of acquiring title to real property by occupying the property against the interests of the true owner and fulfilling other statutory requirements.

Question 8

after-acquired title

Answer 8

If the title is acquired by a grantor only after a conveyance to a grantee, the deed becomes effective at the time the grantor actually receives title.

Question 9

alienation

Answer 9

The transferring of property to another; an involuntary transfer of title.

Question 10

alluvion

Answer 10

Alluvium; the increase of soil along the bank of a body of water by natural forces.

Question 11

alluvium

Answer 11

The increase of soil along the bank of a body of water by natural forces: alluvion

Question 12

avulsion

Answer 12

The tearing of washing away of land along the bank of a body of water by natural forces.

Question 13

bequest

Answer 13

Transfer of property,