Vocab

Question 1

Personal property

Answer 1

Moveable property

such as potted plants, furniture, cars, documents

Question 2

Bill of sale

Answer 2

The proof of sale of an item transferred from one person to the next

Example: Walmart receipt

Question 3

Real property

Answer 3

Everything that is attached to the land and the rights that accompany it

Question 4

Erosion (Avulsion)

Answer 4

The tearing away of land due to natural causes

Question 5

Accretion

Answer 5

The increase of land due to natural causes

Question 6

Heterogeneity

Answer 6

No two parcels of land are the same because land is different from place to place

Question 7

Appurtenance

Answer 7

The rights and improvements that are transferred with the land unless reserved or excepted

Question 8

Emblements

Annual crops-fructus industrials

Answer 8

Are personal property

- the rights of a tenant farmer to harvest crops after the lease has expired

Question 9

Riparian rights

Answer 9

Water rights next to a river or stream

Question 10

Littoral rights

Answer 10

Water rights next to a lake or ocean

Question 11

Fixture

Answer 11

An item which was once personal property but has been permanently attached to and has become real property

Question 12

Conversion

Answer 12

The process of changing real property to personal property or personal property to real

Question 13

Police power

Answer 13

Right to enact laws for health, safety and welfare of the public

Question 14

Eminent domain

Answer 14

The right to take private property for public use with just compensation paid

Question 15

Condemnation

Answer 15

The process of taking property through eminent domain

Question 16

Taxation

Answer 16

Charge against property bear the cost of municipal functions

Question 17

Escheat

Answer 17

Reversion of property to the statue due to owner dying with out a will (intestate) and with no heirs

Question 18

Dedication

Answer 18

The transfer of privately owned land to the public without consideration with the intent that the land will be accepted and used for public purposes

Question 19

Deed

Answer 19

The written instrument by which a property owner as “grantor” conveys and transfers to a “grantee” an ownership (freehold) interest in real property

Question 20

Grantor

Answer 20

Gives a deed (typically seller)

Question 21

Grantee

Answer 21

Receives a deed( typically the buyer)

Question 22

Front footage

Answer 22

The dimension of a parcel along the street

Question 23

Zone

Answer 23

An area set off by municipal authorities for specific use ( residential commercial agricultural and industrial)