From Midterm Flashcards
The right and power of a court to adjudicate the subject matter in a given case is called:
Jurisdiction
A document referred to in a deed that concerns acceptable use of property, such as a subdivision lot is a
Covenant
A description of land by the consecutive reference to corners, distances, and monuments around its perimeter is called _______.
A metes and bounds description
A structure or easement that attaches to a parcel of land is ______.
Appurtenant
The property over which a right of way passes is the _________.
Servient estate
An easement may be considered implied. This means the easement is ____.
necessary for the use of the dominant estate
The word “prescriptive” as used to describe an easement means:
Acquisition by adverse use
The difference between True North and Magnetic North is known by several names. What are some of them?
- Declination
- Delineation
- Variation
Parcels or lots drawn on a subdivision map but not surveyed or monumented on the ground are said to be created by _________.
Protraction
A description of land by consecutive references to its centerline and distances from it is called _______.
A strip description
When the phrase “more or less” follows a measurement in a description, what does that mean?
The words are warning signals that the measurement is suspected to be in conflict with other information.
The means or authority by which one justifies legal possession of property is _______.
Title
The abbreviated Latin phrase for “and others” is
et al
A characteristic of a good Point of Beginning
Its identity is clear and certain in the field.
A legal description, even when containing conflicting elements, may be said by a court to be sufficient. What best defines “sufficient” in this context?
Capable of being located on the ground by the surveyor.
A deed is most clearly described as:
An instrument of conveyance
Which term applies to the estate which an easement benefits?
Dominant
The abbreviated Latin phrase for “and wife” is ____.
et ux
An error in a deed or description that can be discerned simply by reading the instrument is a ______.
Patent ambiguity
The person who sells a piece of property is referred to in a deed as the ______.
Grantor
Book that contains information that refers you directly to a parcel on the tax map.
Land book
The property owned by citizens of a county is kept track of in the _____.
Land books
The descriptions of property condemned or bought by the state for right of ways, etc. are found in the ____.
Road books
The point where two boundary lines intersect is called the _____.
Corner
The party owning property by tour tract of property is an ______.
Adjoiner
Entries in the grantee index are arranged first alphabetically by family name, and then by ______.
Date
The first monument recited in a description is called the _____.
Point of Beginning.
The abbreviated Latin phrase for “and husband” is
et vir.
A chronological list of deeds giving the record history of a parcel is the _____.
Chain of title
A marked tree or object corner near a monument is called a _______.
Reference
A deed that operates merely as a release and my not actually convey and property or rights is a ______.
Quitclaim deed
