Chattel - Personal Property Flashcards
What is personal property?
It is movable property that is not attached to the land.
How is personal property transferred?
It can be transferred by a bill of sale.
What is intangible personal property?
Rights and relationships, such as copyright, patents and trademarks.
What is tangible personal property?
Objects such as potted plants, furniture, automobiles. Documents can be personal property, such as a lease or contract.
What is a chattel real?
It is personal property with less than freehold interest in real property, such as a lease.
What is an emblement?
It is personal property, such as annual crops grown/produced on the land.
What are trade fixtures?
It’s personal property of a business tenant and includes things like store, shelves, countertops, etc.
Can emblements (crops) be harvested p after the farmers lease has expired?
Yes one time.
Can trade fixtures be removed by a departing business tenant after the lease expires
No. Unlike crops (emblements), trade fixtures must be removed before the lease expires.
What is a deed?
It is the written document used to convey an ownership interest in real property from the grantor (seller) to the grantee (purchaser)
What is erosion?
The gradual wearing way of soil of the land.
What is Avulsien?
The sudden separation of land due to a natural cause.
What is accretion?
The increase of land due to natural causes.
What are the physical characteristics of land? There are three.
- a fixed location
2 Heterogeneity - no two parcels are the same; and - indestructible
What are the four economic characteristics of land?
- scarcity-(limited amount)
- Modification (it can be modified/improved to increase value)
- Fixity
- Situs (location)