Property Rights Flashcards
The characteristics of property interests and rights in California come from the:
(a) English
(b) French
(c) Dutch
(d) Spanish
(d) Spanish
The treaty between Mexico and the U.S. that served as the authority for establishing title to property in California was:
(a) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
(b) The Treaty of Alta California
(c) The Treaty of the Mexican Republic
(d) The Treaty of Santa Anna
(a) The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Land descriptions are often dependent on surveying based on the PLSS, which stands for
(a) Private Land Survey System
(b) Public Land Survey System
(c) Private Land System Survey
(d) Public Land System Survey
(b) Public Land Survey System
Townships total
(a) 30 square miles
(b) 36 square miles
(c) 30 miles square
(d) 36 miles square
(b) 36 square miles
The Base Line is the east to west line that runs through the initial point in the
(a) Prime meridian
(b) Primary meridian
(c) Principal meridian
(d) Prime range
(c) Principal meridian
In land descriptions, bounds
(a) Identify the borders of the property
(b) May be natural or man made
(c) Both a and b
(d) Neither a nor b
(c) Both a and b
Community property
(a) May be held only with the right of survivorship
(b) Is not restricted to either a married couple or domestic partners
(c) Both a and b
(d) Neither a nor b
(d) Neither a nor b
Community property may held either with or without the right of survivorship, as in the vesting example described earlier. However, unlike joint tenants, it is restricted to either a married couple or domestic partners. Note that in California domestic partners need not be of the same sex.
All the following are true regarding freehold estates except
(a) The concept comes from medieval England
(b) It refers to an interest in real property that is of a fixed duration
(c) They include fee simple estates
(d) They include life estates
(b) It refers to an interest in real property that is of a fixed duration
A tenant failing to vacate a property at the end of the least without the landlord’s consent is said to have an
(a) Estate at will
(b) Estate by default
(c) Estate at sufferance
(d) Estate at remainder
(c) Estate at sufferance
California’s property ownership concepts have their roots in
(a) French common law.
(b) Spanish common law.
(c) English common law.
(d) none of these.
(c) English common law.
The character of property interests and private property rights in California can be traced back to
(a) the French.
(b) the Spanish.
(c) the English.
(d) none of these.
(b) the Spanish.
Spanish missions began sprouting up along the California coast, known at the time as part of
(a) Lower California.
(b) Baja California.
(c) Alta California.
(d) Alta Mexico.
(c) Alta California.
Property is considered
(a) either real, not capable of being moved, or personal, that which may be moved.
(b) real, whether movable or not, and personal.
(c) immovable.
(d) none of these.
(a) either real, not capable of being moved, or personal, that which may be moved.
Estates in real property are
(a) either free or not.
(b) either freehold or less than freehold.
(c) founded in French law.
(d) founded in Spanish law.
(b) either freehold or less than freehold.
An estate for years
(a) is a lease with a specified termination date.
(b) is a month-to-month rental agreement.
(c) must always be for one year.
(d) both (a) and (c).
(a) is a lease with a specified termination date.
