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Chapter 4
Chapter 4 - Key Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| allodium | absolute ownership of land where the holder owes no obligation to a superior (page 63) |
| defeasible fee | a fee simple (lesser estate) that terminates on the happening of some future stated event (page 66) |
| dower | life estate of a widow in one third of any real estate (real property) to which her husband had legal title during marriage (page 70) |
| estate pur autre vie | an estate that does not expire on the death of the owner, it continues in the owner's heirs until the death of the other "measuring life" (page 67) |
| estates | the extent and character of a person's ownership interest in real property (page 64) |
| fee simple absolute | the most extensive estate in real property that an owner can possess (page 65) |
| fee simple determinable | a fee simple estate that terminates on the occurrence of a specified condition (qualified fee) (page 67) |
| fee simple subject to condition subsequent | a defeasible fee that terminates automatically if a stated act or event occurs (page 67) |
| feudalism | everyone holding land, except the sovereign, owed rents and services to a "land lord" (page 63) |
| freehold estate | an interest in real property created to last for an uncertain period of time (page 65) |
| life estate | an ownership interest in real property created to last for a person's life (page 67) |
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