Real Property
Personal Property
Estates
Encumberances
Ownership
100

The interests, benefits, and rights inherent in real estate ownership.

Real Property

100

Annually produced crops also called fructus industrialis. 

Emblements

100

An Estate that is subject to conditions

Fee simple defeasible 

100

A charge against a property that provides security for a debt. 

Lien 

100

A person who has made a valid will:

Testator

200

A hidden structural defect that could not be discovered by ordinary inspection and that threatens a property’s soundness or the safety of its inhabitants.

Latent Defect

200

Items of personal property:

Chattel

200

Length of ownership rights are based on the length of the owners life: 

Life estate 

200

Neighborhoods with an HOA will have rules attached to the deed called:

Covenants, conditions, and restrictions. CC&Rs

200

The record of a property’s ownership. Beginning with the earliest owner, the title may pass to many individuals.

Chain of Title

300

The increase of land by the deposit of sand or soil washed up naturally from a river, lake, or sea.

Accretion

300

Fixture vs. Trade Fixture. Which is Personal Property? 

Trade Fixture (unless otherwise stated in a contract.) 

300

A leasehold estate that continues for a definite period of time that could consist of years, months, weeks, or days.

Estate for years

300

Moving a lien or loan to a lesser position

Subordination 

300

A lease requiring the tenant to pay not only rent and utilities, but also costs incurred in maintaining the property including taxes, insurance, and repairs.

Net Lease

400

A one-sided contract wherein one party makes a promise so as to induce a second party to do something. The second party is not legally bound to perform.

Unilateral 

400

Personal property that has been attached to a home becoming real property:

Fixture 

400

A lease of property where the landlord pays all property charges such as repairs, taxes, insurance and the tenant pays rent and utilities.

Gross Lease

400

The right to use the land of another for a particular use. 

easement 

400

The transfer in writing of an interest in a bond, mortgage, lease, or other instrument. 

Assignment 

500

A right, privilege, or improvement belonging to, and passing with, the land. “Runs with the land

Appurtenance 

500

What are common fixtures that are mistaken for personal property? 

oven, chandelier, pool equipment, blinds, tv mount, etc. 

500

What is the full bundle of rights and which type of estate has this? 

Fee simple absolute - DEEP C 

500

The illegal placement of property on another property. Typically a driveway or building cross onto a neighboring property. 

encroachment 

500

Ownership of real estate between two or more parties who have been named in one conveyance and met the qualification of time, title, interest, possession and with right of survivorship. (PITT)


Joint Tenancy

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