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Business Law Ch. 48
Intro to Property, Property Insurance, Bailments, and Documents of Title
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Business
Undergraduate 1
03/22/2010

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Term
Tangible Property are --- objects
Definition
Physical
Term
property that does not exist in a physical form.
Definition
Intangible Property
Term
land and interest in land
Definition
Real Property
Term
personal property so firmly attached to real property that an interest in it arises under real property law.
Definition
Fixture
Term
An example of real tangible property is:
A. Land
B. Building
C. Fixtures
D. All of the above
Definition
D. All of the above
Term
Intangible personal property include all of the following except:
A. Commercial paper
B. Stock certificates
C. Contract Rights
D. Easements
E. Copyrights
F. Patents
G. None of the above
Definition
D. Easements
Term
transfer of property for a price.
Definition
Sale
Term
transfer of property without consideration (price).
Definition
Gift
Term
right to property acquired upon death of the owner.
Definition
Will
Term
right of a property owner to any increase in such property.
Definition
Accession
Term
intentionally disposed of by owner; finder is entitled to the property.
Definition
Abondoned Property
Term
unintentionally left by owner; the finder is generally entitled to the property.
Definition
Lost property
Term
intentionally placed by the owner but unintentionally left; the owner of the premises is generally entitled to the property.
Definition
Mislaid Property
Term
coins or currency hidden or concealed by the owner for such a length of time that the owner is probably dead or undiscoverable.
Definition
Treasure Trove
Term
contractual arrangement that distributes risk of loss among a large number of members through a company
Definition
Insurance
Term
fire & property insurance protects against loss due to fire or related perils.
Definition
Coverage
Term
insurance in which a person insures property for less than its full or stated value and agrees to share the risk of loss.
Definition
Co-insurance
Term
fire contained in its intended location.
Definition
Friendly Fire
Term
any fire outside its intended or usual location
Definition
Hostile Fire
Term
covers full value of property as agreed upon by the parties at the time the policy is issued.
Definition
Valued Policy
Term
covers fair market value of property as calculated immediately prior to the loss.
Definition
Open policy
Term
a financial interest or a factual expectancy interest in someone's property that justifies insuring the property; the interest must exist at the time the property loss occurs.
Definition
Insurable Interest
Term
amount to be paid for an insurance policy.
Definition
Premium
Term
false representation of a material fact made by the insured that is justifiably relied upon by the insurer; enables the insurer to rescind the contract within a specified time.
Definition
Misrepresentation
Term
--- - the failure of a required condition; generally an insurer may avoid liability for a --- only if the breach is material.
Definition
Breach of Warranty
Term
fraudulent failure of an applicant for insurance to disclose material facts that the insurer does not know; allows the insurer to rescind the contract.
Definition
Concealment
Term
an insurer intentionally relinquishes the right to deny liability.
Definition
Waive
Term
an insurer is prevented by its own conduct from asserting a defense.
Definition
Estoppel
Term
an insurance contract may be terminated by due performance or cancellation.
Definition
Termination
Term
the temporary transfer of personal property by one party to another .
Definition
Bailments
Term
storer of goods for pay; must exercise reasonable care to protect the stored goods and deliver them to the proper person.
Definition
Warehouser
Term
security interest by possession.
Definition
Pledge
Term
an instrument evidencing ownership of the document and the goods it covers.
Definition
Title
Term
a person who negotiates or transfers a document of title for value, other than a collecting bank or other intermediary, incurs certain warranty obligations unless otherwise agreed.
Definition
Warranties
Term
In an instance of a missing or lost title the claimant:
A. could apply for a court issuing of a substitute document
B. obtain another substitute document from claimer
C. nothing could be done
Definition
A.
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