Ownership & Property

Question 1

What are the relationships in the square of ownership?

Answer 1

A person -> (has) -> title -> (to) -> a property interest -> (in) a res

Question 2

What is a legal relation?

Answer 2

• Always in reference to two persons.

- Not between objects.

Question 3

What are the basic legal relations?

Answer 3

Right / No-Right
Privilege / Duty
Power / Disability
Immunity / Liability

Question 4

Fee simple estate

Answer 4

For so long as the tenant, or any of his heirs were alive

Question 5

Life estate

Answer 5

For so long as the tenant lived

Question 6

Seisin

Answer 6

Synonym for possession of land. The landlord is seised “in service” while the tenant was seised “in demesne”

Question 7

Ejectment

Answer 7

A common law cause of action by a possessor of right to remove an actual possessor

Question 8

What is a right-in-personam?

Answer 8

A right against a small number of definite people

Question 9

What is a right-in-rem?

Answer 9

A right against the world at large (most, if not all people)