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PRACTICE 2
Terms
Question | Answer |
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Interests: Possession | Estate |
Interests: Non-possession | Encumbrance Public interest |
Freeholds: Fee simple | not limited by one's lifetime absolute: highest form of ownership interest defeasible: reverts to previous owner per conditions |
Freeholds: Life Estates | passes to another upon death of a named party remainder: named party to receive estate reversion: previous owner to receive estate |
Freeholds: Conventional | limited to lifetime of life tenant or named party pur ante vie: limited to lifetime of another, passes to remainderman or previous owner |
Freeholds: Legal life estate | designed to protect family survivors homestead: rights to one's principal residence laws protect homestead from creditor |
conditions | |
Leaseholds: Estate for years | specific, stated duration, per lease defined time |
Leaseholds: Periodic | lease term renews automatically upon acceptance of rent |
Leaseholds: Estate at Will | for indefinite period subject to rent payment; cancelable with notice |
YARD | 3 feet |
MILE = | 5,280 ft |
MILE = | 1,760 yards |
ACRE = | 43,560 sq.ft. |
AREA (rectangle) = | length x width |
AREA (triangle) = | length x width/ 2 [/ denotes division] |
TO CONVERT INTO ACREAGE: | Area square footage / 43,560 |
Estates Freehold (Own) | Fee simple Absolute Defeasible |
Estates Leasehold (Lease) | Estate for years Periodic Estate at Will Estate at Sufferance |
Estates Life Estates | Conventional Legal |
Devise | Estate in a will |
Divisor | Owner of will |
Divisee | Heir Testatee |