Texas Exam VUE Pearsons Book Flashcards
pertain to landowners whose land borders large, navigable lakes and oceans. Landowners with (blank) have unrestricted access to the waters but own the land only to the median high-water mark. After this point, the land is owned by the government.
Littoral rights
A landowner whose property borders a river has a right to use water from that river on his land. This is called
Riparian rights
the process of growth or increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter.
Accretion
states that water rights are determined by priority of beneficial use. This means that the first person to use water or divert water for a beneficial use or purpose can acquire individual rights to the water.
The doctrine of prior appropriation
a way for married couples to hold equal interest in a property as well as survivorship rights, which keep their property out of probate. It’s not 50/50 ownership. With ________, each spouse owns 100% of the property.
Tenancy by entirety
Texas is one of nine states that is a _____________ jurisdiction. In general, this means that any property acquired by a couple during their marriage (with a few exceptions) is equally owned by both spouses. This can have a profound effect on the dissolution of property during divorce proceedings.
Community property
One of the biggest differences between Tenancy by entirety and tenants in common is
Tenancy in Common doesn’t come with survivorship rights. If one owner passes away, their share of ownership is passed on to their heirs, not the other owners.
Also, there is only one unity that is shared: the right of possession.
A __________ occurs when two or more parties jointly hold an interest in property. These co-owners hold an undivided interest and right to possess the property. Each party may freely sell, devise, lease, or otherwise transfer their interest in the property.
Tenancy in Common
annual crops produced by cultivation legally belonging to the tenant with the implied right for its harvest, and are treated as the tenant’s property.
Emblements
an ownership of a temporary right to hold land or property in which a lessee or a tenant holds rights of real property by some form of title from a lessor or landlord.
Leasehold estate
the greatest interest in a parcel of land that one can possibly own.
Fee simple absolute
a fee simple estate that could be removed for a reason established in the granting document. If an event or happening occurs, the transfer could be void.
defeasible fee estate
