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Term | Definition |
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Board of Directors | Elected managing body of a corporation, specifically, of a cooperative apartment building |
Common Elements | Parts of a property that are necessary or convenient to the existence, maintenance and safety of a condominium or are normally in common use by all of the condo residents |
Condominium | The absolute ownership of an apartment or a unit plus an undivided interest in the ownership of the common elements, which are jointly owned |
Cooperative | A residential multi-unit building whose title is held by a corporation owned by and operated for the benefit of persons living within the building, who are stockholders of the corporation, each possessing a proprietary lease |
Corporation | An entity or organization created by operation of law whose rights of doing business are essentially the same of those of an individual |
Devisee | A gift of real property by will |
General Partnership | Group in which each partner shares complete liability |
Homeowners Association | A nonprofit group of homeowners in a condo, co-op, or PUD that administers common elements, and enforces covenants, conditions, and restrictions |
Horizontal Properties Act | A law regulating the creation of condos |
Joint Tenancy | Ownership of real estate between 2 or more parties who have been named in one conveyance specifically as joint tenants. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his or her interests passes to the surviving joint tenants or tenant. ALL PARTS EQUAL |
Limited Liability Company (LLC) | Organization that combines the simplicity and tax treatment of a partnership with the protection from a liability offered by a corporation |
Partition | The division that is made of real property between those who own it in undivided shares |
Limited partnership | Administered by 1 or more general partners and funded by limited or silent partners who are by law responsible for losses only to the extent of their investment |
Partnership | An association of 2 or more individuals who carry on a continuing business for profit as co-owners |
Proprietary Lease | A written lease in a co-op apartment building, held by the tenant / shareholder giving the right to occupy a particular unit |
Sole Proprietorship | Ownership of a business by 1 person |
Tenancy by the Entierty | The joint ownership of property acquired by husband and wife during marriage; upon the death of one person the other becomes the owner of the property |
Tenancy in Common | A form of co-ownership by which each owner holds an undivided interest in real property as if they were sole owner. Each individual owner has the right to partition. *NO SURVIVORSHIP |
Tenancy in Severalty | Ownership of property by 1 person only |
Time-Share | Ownership of real estate for only a portion of the year |
Title | Evidence that the owner of land is in lawful possession thereof; evidence of ownership |