Estates In Land_Chapter 1

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1-1 What is the term for relatives like aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers, and sisters?

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Collaterals: relatives other than ancestors and issue; having an ancestor in common but descended from a different line;

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1-2 What is a "devisee"?

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Devisees are beneficiaries of real property under a will.

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1-3 All of the heirs gathered at the lawyer's office to learn what the decedent had left them______.

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intestate; "heirs" are those who take in the absence of a will; devisees are those who take under a will

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1-4 Anne Smith has made an appointment with her lawyer to have her will drawn. She intends to______ her house to her son.

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devise; to pass real property by a will; real property is land and everything attached to the land

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1-5 Jeremy Parker died _____ [without a will].

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intestate

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1-6 Are "convey" and "sell" synonyms? If not, why not?

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Convey means to transfer ownership or title of real property. Convey includes both transfer by sale and transfer by gift.

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1-7 The_____[dead person] had no heirs.

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decedent

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1-8 Name some examples of a person's "collaterals."

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All blood relatives other than issue or ancestors such as siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.

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1-9 Since Harold did not have a will Maude is the_____of his entire estate.

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heir: people who receive the property of a person who has died without a will; determined by statue.

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1-10 What is the term for a person's children and grandchildren?

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Issue: a person's lineal descendants

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1-11 What is the term for a person's parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents?

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Ancestor: a relative from who one is descended in a direct line.

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1-12 Hazel's will left a_____[an item of personal property disposed of by a will] to her brother.

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bequest; to pass personal property by will

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1-13 If Hazel had not died_____[with a will], all of her estate would have passed to her daughter.

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testate: a person who dies with a will.

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1-14 Name some examples of a person's "issue."

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Issue means a persons descendants all the way down the line. Issue include children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

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1-15 Francine had never married. She died without a will, and all of her blood relatives had died many years before. Therefore, her
property will_____to the state.

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escheat (pass)

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1-16 All of Barbara's_____are coming to visit her this summer.

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issue; a living person has no heirs.

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1-17 David's father has just written a will naming David as the sole beneficiary of the family business. What property interest does David have as a result of being named in the will?

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None; a will creates no interest in property for the devisee until the testator dies.