Chapter 3 Green Book

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an article of personal property

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chattel

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the right or privilege one party has to use land belonging to another for a special purpose not inconsistent with the owner's use of the land

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easement

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the right of the government to take privately held land for public use, provided fair compensation is paid.

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eminent domain

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the unauthorized intrusion of a building or other improvements onto another person's land

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encroachment

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any impediment to a clear title, such as a lien, lease, or easement

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encumbrance

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one's legal interest or right in land

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estate

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the largest, most complete bundle of rights one can hold in land, land ownership

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fee simple

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a hold or claim one person has on the property of another to secure payment of a debt or other obligation

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lien

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the right to or ownership of something; also the evidence of ownership; such as a deed or bill of sale.

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title

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a life estate created for the life of another

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pur autre vie

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gives the wife the right to her husband's real property

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dower

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gives the husband the right to his wife's real property

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curtesy

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allows persons to acquire fee title to federal lands

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homestead act

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state laws that protect against the forced sale of a persons home and restricts one spouse from acting without the other.

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homestead protection

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any lease with a specific start time and a specified ending time

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estate for years

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a tenancy that provides for continuing automatic renewal until canceled, such as a month to month rental,

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periodic estate

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a lease hole estate that can be terminated by a lessor or lessee at any time.

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estate at will

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tenant

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lessee

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landlord

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lessor

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ownership, an estate in land that is held in fee or for life

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freehold estate

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rental, an estate in land where there is possession but not ownership

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leasehold estate

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owned by one person; sole ownership

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estate in severalty

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state law that gives dower and curtesy rights to real property

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Statutory Estate