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CARE PRIN. Ch. 6.1-D
Legal Description, Methods of Acquiring Title and Deeds
Term | Definition |
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Accession | |
Accretion | An addition to land from natural causes for example, from gradual action of the ocean or river waters. |
Acknowledgment | A formal declaration before a duly authorized officer (usually a notary public)by the person who signed the document, stating that the signature is voluntary given and that he or she is the person who signature appears on the document. |
Addition of Fixtures | |
Administrator or Administratrix | A male or female appointed by the probate court to administer the estate of a person deceased. |
Adverse Possession | |
Alluvion | |
Avulsion | |
Eminent Domain | |
Escheat | |
Executor or Executrix | Male or Female named in the will by the maker to handle estate of the deceased. |
Foreclosure action | |
Grant Deed | |
Grantee | |
Grantor | |
Holographic Will | |
Intestate | |
Meets and Bounds | |
Partition Action | |
Private Grant | |
Probate | |
Public Grant | |
Quitclaim Deed | |
Registered Domestic Partner | |
Statutory Will | |
Sucession | |
Trust Deed | |
U. S. government Survey System | |
Warranty Deed | |
Witness Will | |
Testate | When a person dies leaving a will. |
Intestate | when a person dies without leaving a will, he or she is said to have died intestate. |
Codicil a | A change in a will. |
Legatee | Person receiving personal property by will. |
Bequest, legacy | A gift of personal property by will. |
Devisee | Person receiving real property by will. |
Devise | A gift of real property by will. |