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Legal Issues

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show The history of a title and the current status of a title based on a title examination  
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show Property owners rights to all that the land produces or to all that is added to the land, either intentionally or by mistake  
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acknowledgment   show
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act of waste   show
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adverse possession1   show
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air rights   show
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alienation   show
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alluvion   show
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show All rights or privileges that result from ownership of a specific property and move with the title  
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assessments   show
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avulsion   show
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bargain and sale deed   show
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beneficiary1   show
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show The lender in a deed of trust  
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show A form of involuntary alienation of title  
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block and lot   show
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show The rights of an owner of a freehold estate to possession, enjoyment, control, and disposition of real property  
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chain of title   show
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show Personal Property  
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closing statement   show
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show Anything of value, as recognized by law, that is offered as an inducement to a contract  
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constructive notice   show
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show The knowledge a person has of a fact  
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conveyance   show
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credits   show
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debits   show
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show A husband's interest in the real property of his wife  
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show A wife's interest in her husband's real property  
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show An appropriation of land or an easement therein given by the owner to the public  
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show The deeding of a parcel of land to a municipality  
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delivery and acceptance   show
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show metes and bounds;reference,lot and block and monuments  
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dominant tenement   show
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show A nonpossessory right of use in the land owned by another  
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show A right of use in the adjoining land of another that moves with the title to the property benfiting from the easement  
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show Created by the excercise of the government's right of eminent domain  
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show A type of negative easement restraining a property owner from developing his or her propety so as to block the view of another  
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easements by grant   show
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easements by implication   show
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show Exists when a landowner has no access to roads and is landlocked  
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easements by prescription   show
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easements in gross   show
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encroachment   show
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show A claim, lien, charge or liability attached to and binding upon real property  
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show A male appointed in a will to see that the terms of the will are carried out  
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executrix   show
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fee simple estate   show
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fixture   show
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show A deed containing the strongest and broadest form of guarantee of title  
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general lien   show
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show A lien that attaches to one particular property only  
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grantor   show
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grantee   show
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habendum clause   show
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show Properties that are wholly or partly used as owners' residences and are classified as such for property tax purposes  
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show An investment that is not easily convertible to cash  
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show Transfer to title of real property as a result of a lien foreclosure sale, adverse possession, the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, or condemnation under power of eminent domain or upon the death of the titleholder, to the state when there are no heirs  
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show The transfer of title freely by the owner  
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show An act in which a creditor places a claim on real and or personal property of another to obtain payment of a debt  
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voluntary lien   show
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joint tenancy   show
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show Participation of two or more parties in a single undertaking  
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show A document conveying public land to an individual  
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show A personal privilege to do a particular act or a series of acts on the land of another  
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life estate1   show
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show A noninheritable estate  
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life estate in reversion   show
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lis pendens   show
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littoral rights   show
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show A title that is free from reasonable doubt and that a court would require a purchaser to accept  
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mechanics lien   show
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metes and bounds   show
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show Title to real property held in the name of only one person  
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show A specific portion of land, such as a lot  
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partition   show
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party wall   show
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personal property1   show
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personal property2   show
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show Everything that is movable  
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possession1   show
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possession2   show
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possessory   show
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show An individual does not occupy a property; easements imply a nonpossessory interest in land owned by another  
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proration   show
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show A grant of power, license or real property from the state or government to a private individual  
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quitclaim deed1   show
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quitclaim deed2   show
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show Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act  
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Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act   show
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real property   show
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real property tax lien   show
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referee's deed   show
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show A description on a deed that may refer to a plat map and lot number as part of a recorded subdivision  
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show the gradual change of a water line on real property which gives the owner more dry land  
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remainder interest   show
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remainderman   show
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show A provision stating the owners's interest-that possession of property will go back to the overn at the end of the lease  
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show The right of an owner to receive the title to a co-owner's share upon death of a co-owner, as in the case of joint tenancy and tenancy by the entirety  
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show An easement allowing someone to use the land of another  
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show The rights of an owner of property adjoining a watercourse such as a river, including access to and use of the water  
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servient tenement   show
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special purpose real estate   show
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show Modifies the priority of certain liens; an earlier lienholder may 'take a backseat' to a later lienholder  
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show Rights to the area below the earth's surface  
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survey   show
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show A form of co-ownership limited to husband and wife, with the right of survivorship  
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show A form of co-ownership that does not include the right of survivorship  
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title   show
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title closing1   show
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title closing2   show
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show An insurance policy protecting the insured from a financial loss caused by a defect in a title to real property  
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title search   show
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show Items that are installed by a commercial tenant and are removable upon termination of the tenancy  
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show A person who holds title to property for the benefit of another called a beneficiary  
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show A person who conveys title to a trustee  
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undivided interest   show
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unity of interest   show
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unity of possession   show
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unity of title   show
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show Created when co-owners receive title at the same time in the same conveyance  
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