Real property law Test and Flashcards

Ground rent

As a legal term, ground rent specifically refers to regular payments made by a holder of a leasehold property to the freeholder or a superior Leaseholder, as required under a lease.

Emphyteusis

An emphyteusis is a real right (right in rem), susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes the payment of a small rent.

Fief

A fief (Latin: feudum) was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable property or rights granted by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty (or "in fee") in return for a form of feudal allegiance and service, usually given by the personal ceremonies of homage and fealty.

Landlord

A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, land or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant (also a lessee or renter).

Squatting

Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land–or a building, usually residential—that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use.

Easement

An easement is a non-possessory right to use and/or enter onto the real property of another without possessing it.

Foreclosure

Foreclosure is a legal process in which a lender claims possession of property belonging to a borrower, who has stopped making payments to the lender.

Land registration

Land registration generally describes systems by which matters concerning ownership, possession or other rights in land can be recorded (usually with a government agency or department) to provide evidence of title, facilitate transactions and to prevent unlawful disposal.

Exaction

An exaction is a concept in US real property law where a condition for development is imposed on a parcel of land that requires the developer to mitigate anticipated negative impacts of the development.

Purveyance

Purveyance is the right of the Crown to requisition goods and services for royal use, and was developed in England over the course of the late eleventh through the fourteenth centuries.

Warrant of possession

A Warrant of Possession under Australian law can be issued after a lessor or agent has applied for, and received, a termination order to end a residential tenancy.

Right to light

Right to light is a form of easement in English law that gives a long-standing owner of a building with windows a right to maintain the level of illumination.

Adverse possession

Adverse possession is a method of acquiring title to real property by possession for a statutory period under certain conditions, viz: proof of non-permissive use which is actual, open and notorious, exclusive, adverse, and continuous for the statutory period.

Estate (law)

An estate is the net worth of a person at any point in time alive or dead.

Assignment (law)

An assignment (Latin cessio) is a term used with similar meanings in the law of contracts and in the law of real estate.

Probate

Probate is the legal process whereby a will is "proved" in a court and accepted as a valid public document that is the true last testament of the deceased.

Premises liability

Premises liability is the liability for a landowner for certain torts that occur on the real property.

Life estate

In common law and statutory law, a life estate is the ownership of land for the duration of a person's life.

Palestinian land laws

Palestinian land laws refer to ownership of land under the Palestinian Authority (PA).

Flashcards: Real property law