Real Estate

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Property is:

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Personal if it is other than real

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The classical definition of boundaries for a given parcel of land is

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The area between the center of the earth and the upper limits of the sky.

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The land of a riparian owner borders on:

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A watercourse

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Ownership rights and interests in real estate are called:

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Estates or fees

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An estate is granted to "A" for the life of "X." "A" dies while "X" is still living. The estate:

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Vests in the heirs or devisees of "A."

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May owned a life estate in a home measured on her own life. She leased the property to Rees for five years. Shortly after she executed the lease, May died. The lease was:

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Valid for as long as May lived

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A lease of real property is:

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An estate for years

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When a lease requires the tenant to pay certain expenses of the property in addition to the rent, the lease is called:

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A net lease.

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The leasehold interest lying between the primary lease and the operating lease is known as:

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A sandwich lease

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In every lease, the lessor gives the implied covenant of:

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Quiet enjoyment

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A leasehold estate is owned by the:

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Lessee

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Which of the following best describes the term "rent":

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Consideration paid for the use and possession of real estate

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A person who holds fee title to real estate in severalty would probably have:

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Sole ownership.

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A joint tenant can dispose of an interest held in real property by all of the following ways, except:

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Will

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The words "time, title, interest, and possession" are most closesly related to which of the following concepts:

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Survivorship

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Each owner in a tenancy in common:

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Has the right to possession of all of the property

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Uncle Henry died and in his will left his nephew, Juan, and Juan's wife, Marie, certain real property as follows: Juan 2/3 interest and Marie 1/3 interest jointly with right of survivorship. The devisees will take title as:

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Tenancy in common

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When real property is held by husband and wife as community property an agreement to sell that property which has been signed by only one spouse would be considered to be:

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Unenforceable

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In real property law, alienation has a meaning which is most opposite to:

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Acquisition

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All of the following are essential elements of adverse possession, except:

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Person taking possession must reside on the property

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Which of the following rights of ownership in real property do individuals normally not have:

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Eminent domain rights

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Accretion would result in the acquisition of title to real property by which of the following:

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An owner who acquired land by natural causes

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A will, which is entirely written, dated, and signed in the testator's own handwriting is a:

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Holographic will

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The court given jurisdiction over all probate matters in California is the:

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Superior Court

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A valid deed must contain:

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A granting clause.

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When a valid grant deed is prepared, title passes when it is:

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Delivered

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Which of the following deeds would contain a granting clause, but carry no warranties, expressed or implied:

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A quitclaim deed.

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The recording of an instrument gives:

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Constructive notice

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To be recorded, a document must first be properly verified, or:

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Acknowledged

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Which of the following is permitted to use the county recorder's office and records without the presence of a county employee:

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Any of these.