Exam 1 Flashcards
The land and everything permanently attached to it, including structures and anything permanently attached to the structures.
Real Property
Property capable of being moved.
Personal Property
What are the three elements required for a gift to be effective?
- Donative intent on part of the donor
- Delivery
- Acceptance by the donee
Confers the right to take possession rather than the actual possession of the object in question. When the object cannot be physically delivered, therefore it is delivered in a symbolic way.
Constructive Delivery
A gift made in contemplation of imminent death.
Gift Causa Mortis
A gift made during the donor’s lifetime.
Gift Inter Vivos
An effective delivery requires that the donor give up complete ___ and ___.
Domination and Control
When someone adds value to a property by the use of either labor or materials gets possession of the property.
Accession
Property that has been voluntarily placed somewhere by the owner and then inadvertently forgotten.
Mislaid Property
Property that is involuntarily left.
Lost Property
Property that has been discarded by the true owner who has no intention of reclaiming title to it.
Abandoned Property
The delivery of personal property, without transfer of title, by one person to another.
Bailment
What are the 3 ordinary bailments?
- Bailment for the sole benefit of the bailor.
- Bailment for the sole benefit of the bailee.
- Bailment for the mutual benefit of the bailee and the bailor.
Bailee is responsible, but standard of care is reduced to a minimal, must require a high amount of negligence.
Bailment for the benefit of the Bailor
Bailee is responsible, Bailee must uphold the standard of care of the good, only requires slight negligence.
Bailment for the benefit of the Bailee
The Bailee is responsible; the amount of negligence is ordinary. Ordinary standard of care.
Bailment for the benefit of both the Bailor and the Bailee
What are the 5 ways to acquire property?
- Possession
- Production
- Gift
- Accession
- Confusion
What are the 4 types of rights and properties that falls into real property rights?
- Land and structures
- Airspace and subsurface rights
- Plant life and vegetation
- Fixtures
An estate that lasts for the life of some specified individual.
Life estate
The owner has the greatest aggregation of rights, privileges, and power possible.
Fee Simple Absolute
A form of co-ownership in which each of two or more persons own an undivided interest in the property.
Tenancy in Common
Each of two or more persons owns an undivided interest in the property, but a deceased joint tenant’s interest passes to the surviving joint tenant or tenants.
Joint Tenancy
The tenant is to inherit a deceased joint tenant’s ownership interest -distinguishes a joint tenancy from a tenancy in common. (Right)
Right of Survivorship
Persons who share ownership rights simultaneously in particular property.
Concurrent Ownership
Neither spouse may separately transfer his or her interest during his or her lifetime unless the other spouse consents.
Tenancy by the Entirety
When each spouse technically owns an undivided one-half interest in the property.
Community Property
An express contract that states that the property is leased for a specified period of time.
Fixed-term Tenancy (Tenancy for Years)
A lease that does not specify a term but does specify that rent is to be paid at certain intervals (weekly, monthly).
Periodic Tenancy
A lease that either party can terminate the tenancy without notice.
Tenancy at Will
The mere possession of land without right.
Tenancy at Sufferance
The right of a person to make limited use of another person’s real property without taking anything from the property.
Easement (nonpossessory interests)
When the owner of one piece of land has a right to go onto (or remove something) an adjacent piece of land owned by another.
Profit Appurtenant (Easement)
When the right to use or take things from another’s land is given to one who does not own an adjacent tract of land.
Profit in gross (Easement)
The revocable right of a person to come onto another person’s land.
License
Contains the greatest number of warranties and thus provides the most extensive protection against defects of title.
General Warranty Deed
Warrants only that the grantor or seller held good title during his or her ownership of the property.
Special Warranty Deed
Offers the least protection against defects in the title.
Quitclaim Deed
The grantor simply states, “I grant the property to you”. Doesn’t mean the grantor had any interests in the property. Just a “to be sure…” deed.
Grant Deed
Referred to as the condemnation power of government, a taking.
Eminent Domain