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15 Cards in this Set
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The voluntary relinquishment of rights of ownership or another interest(such as easement) by failure to use the property, coupled with an intent to abandon(give up the interest).
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Abandonment
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A summary of the essential provisions of a court judgement, which when recorded in the county recorder's office, creates a lien upon the property of the defendant in that county, both presently owned or after acquired.
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Abstract of Judgement
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A compiliation of recorded instruments certified to reflect all recorded transactions affecting title to a particular tract of land.
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Abstract of Title
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To touch, border on or be contiguous to.
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Abut
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The right to enter and leave a tract of land. Often this will entail the right to cross over the lands of another party.
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Access
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The gradual addition to the shore or bank of a waterway. The land generally becomes the property of the shore or bank, except where the laws specify otherwise.
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Accretion
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A court action to establish ownership to real property. Although technically not an action to remove a cloud on title, the two actions are usually referred to as "Quiet Title" action.
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Action to Quiet Title
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(For the Suit); A guardian "Ad Litum" prosecutes or defends a suit for a minor or incompetent.
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Ad Litum
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Appointee of the court to administer the estate of a decedent where there is no will or appointment of a representative in a will.
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Administrator/Administratrix
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A claim to land arising from open, adverse and notorious use, in contest with prior recorded title ownership.
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Adverse Possession
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A statement signed and sworn before some person authorized to take an oath.
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Affidavit
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1)Relationship not of blood. Related by marriage.
2)Any group for a specific purpose is call an affinity group, such as clubs, people in the same school, etc. |
Affinity
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A substitution for an oath when a person objects to taking an oath(Quakers, atheists). A lie after an affirmation is still perjury.
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Affirmation
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Legal doctrine by which property automatically vests in a grantee when a grantor acquires title to the property after the deed has been executed and delivered.
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After Acquired Title
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A person who is authorized to act for another
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Agent
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