RE - Set 02

Question 1

SUBAGENT

Answer 1

An agent of a person who is already acting as an agent for a principal.

Question 2

LICENSE

Answer 2

Permission to use a property which may be revoked at any time.

Question 3

PARTITION ACTION

Answer 3

A court action to divide a property held by co-owners.

Question 4

DECLARATION OF HOMESTEAD

Answer 4

The recorded document that protects a homeowner from foreclosure by certain judgment creditors.

Question 5

EROSION

Answer 5

The gradual wearing away of land by natural process.

Question 6

INSTRUMENT

Answer 6

A written legal document setting forth the rights and liabilities of the parties involved.

Question 7

PATENTS

Answer 7

Deeds used by the US government when confirming or transferring ownership to private parties.

Question 8

EASEMENT IN GROSS

Answer 8

An easement that is not appurtenant to any one parcel, for example, public utilities.

Question 9

AVULSION

Answer 9

The sudden washing or tearing away of the land by action of water.

Question 10

JUDGMENT

Answer 10

The final legal decision of a judge in a court of law regarding the legal rights of parties to a dispute.

Question 11

CONVEY

Answer 11

To transfer ownership of title.

Question 12

RATIFICATION

Answer 12

The approval of a previously authorized act, performed on behalf of a person, which makes the act valid and legally binding.

Question 13

ADVERSE POSSESSION

Answer 13

Acquiring title to property by continued possession and payment of taxes.

Question 14

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT

Answer 14

Sand or mud carried by water and deposited on land.

Question 15

ALIENATE

Answer 15

Transfer ownership or sell.

Question 16

PRIVATE GRANT

Answer 16

The granting of private property to other private persons.

Question 17

PATENT DEED

Answer 17

A deed given by the government to a private individual as evidence of transfer of title from government to the public person.

Question 18

ACCESSION

Answer 18

The acquisition of title to additional land or to improvements as a result of the annexation of fixtures or as a result of alluvial deposits along the banks of streams by accretion.

Question 19

SUCCESSION

Answer 19

The legal transfer of a person’s interest in real property under the law of descent and distribution.

Question 20

INGRESS

Answer 20

A way to enter property; access.

Question 21

EXPEDIENTES

Answer 21

Land grants recorded by the Mexican government in California.

Question 22

CLIENT

Answer 22

The person who employs an agent to perform a service for a fee.

Question 23

CONVERSION

Answer 23

The appropriation of property belonging to another .

Question 24

ESTOPPEL

Answer 24

A legal doctrine which prevents a person from denying something to be true or a fact, if the denial is contrary to previous statements or actions made by that same person.

Question 25

AGENCY

Answer 25

A relationship in which one party (principal) authorizes another party (agent) to act as the principal’s representative in dealing with third parties.