Legal Terms Chapter 34 - Acquiring Title to Real Property

Question 1

Accretion

Answer 1

Any gradual addition to the soil made by nature, such as the gradual accumulation of soil on land next to a stream, caused by the action of water; also called alluvion.

Question 2

Adverse possession

Answer 2

Title to real property obtained by taking actual possession of it openly, notoriously, exclusively, under a claim of right, and continuously for a period set by statute.

Question 3

Attachment

Answer 3

Bringing a property under the jurisdiction of the court as security for the debt.

Question 4

Conveyed

Answer 4

Transferred.

Question 5

Deed

Answer 5

A formal, written instrument by which title to real property is transferred from one person to another; also called conveyance.

Question 6

Disseised

Answer 6

Dispossessed.

Question 7

Divested

Answer 7

Taken away.

Question 8

Erosion

Answer 8

The gradual eating away of the soil by the operation of currents or tides.

Question 10

Homestead

Answer 10

Property that is beyond the reach of creditors’ and others’ claims as long as the family uses the property as a home.

Question 11

Infancy

Answer 11

Under the age of majority.

Question 12

Mortgagee

Answer 12

One who lends money and takes back a mortgage as security for the loan.

Question 13

Mortgagee’s foreclosure sale

Answer 13

A sale of real property that terminates all rights of the mortgagor in the property covered by the mortgage.

Question 14

Mortgagor

Answer 14

One who borrows money and gives a mortgage, that is, pledges property to the lender as security for the loan.

Question 15

Record owner

Answer 15

The person who appears to be owner of the property according to the records at the registry of deeds.

Question 16

Reliction

Answer 16

The gradual recession of water, leaving land permanently uncovered.

Question 17

Right of redemption

Answer 17

The right to take property back; a statutory right to redeem the property even after a foreclosure sale.

Question 18

Seal

Answer 18

A mark or impression, originally in wax, placed next to the party’s signature.

Question 19

Seisin

Answer 19

Possession of a freehold.

Question 20

Sheriff’s sale

Answer 20

A sale of property at public auction conducted by a sheriff.

Question 21

Tacking

Answer 21

The addition of a previous occupants’ possession to one’s own possession in order to meet the statutory period for adverse possession.

Question 22

Title

Answer 22

Legal ownership.

Question 23

Vendee

Answer 23

A purchaser or buyer of property or goods.

Question 24

Vendor

Answer 24

A person who transfers property or goods by sale.