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Real Estate- Chapter 06 Vocab
Real Estate- Chapter 06 Vocab
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07/05/2014

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Term
point bearing
Definition
Compass direction to the next marker or monument
Term
plat map
Definition
map of a subdivision or municipality that includes a metes and bounds description for every piece of real estate
Term
Government Rectangular Survey
Definition
System  of describing real property used primarily in areas of the United States west of the Mississippi River
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longitude
Definition
imaginary parallel lines running from the North Pole to the South Pole
Term
latitude
Definition
imaginary lines prependicular to lines of longitude, circiling the globe from east to west
Term
meridians
Definition
imaginary lines that run north and south like longitudes
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base lines
Definition
imaginary lines that run east and west, parrallel to latitude lines
Term
range
Definition
basic united division, which represents 24 square miles defined by a principal meridian and base line
Term
townships
Definition
the result of dividing a range into four 6-square-mil units
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sections
Definition
6- square-mile township divided into 36 lots are 1 square mile each
Term
deed of conveyance
Definition
method of volunatry transfer of real roperty
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operation of law
Definition
transfer of owership determine by a particular set of facts adn the law that governs
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inheritance
Definition
right of someone to receive a deceased person's real and personal property
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tenants by entireties
Definition
form of joint ownership reserved for married parties
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joint tnenats with right of survivorship
Definition
form of ownership where two or more entities own real estate, hving taken title at the same time, from the same grantro, and with equal interests, having specfically stated their intention to take title with the right of survivorship
Term
tenants in common
Definition
form of ownership where two or more parties down the real estate without any right of survivorship
Term
intestacy laws
Definition
Statutory scheme that determines who will inherit someone's property if there is no will
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gift
Definition
voluntary transfer of property without consideration
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donor
Definition
the owner and giver of a gift
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donee
Definition
the receipient of a gift
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lifetime gift
Definition
gift that is given while someone is alive
Term
will
Definition
a written document that disposes of all property, real and persona owned by someone at the time of death
Term
sale
Definition
the transfer for good and valuable consideratin, sually the sale price
Term
eminant domain
Definition
right of the government to take private property for uses that will benefit the general public
Term
condmenation proceeding
Definition
eminant domain legal proceeding which determins a location or parcel or land would be a suitable location for a use that will benefit the health, safety, or general welfare of the citizenry
Term
fair value or just compensation
Definition
The compensation assigned to a parcel of land acquired through condmenation proceedings, it can include fiar market value plus compensation for additinal losses related to being forced to relocate
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fair market value
Definition
represents whata wiling buyer will pay a willing seller in an arms-length to purchase the real estate
Term
full or complete taking
Definition
condemnation of an entire proprety
Term
adverse possession
Definition
an involuntary taking of ownership of another's land, without a deed
Term
foreclosure
Definition
the process by which a mortagee (lender_ terminates the interest of hte mortgagor (borrower) in rel property
Term
defaults
Definition
fails to meet any of the obligations under the terms of the mortgage loan agreement
Term
acceleration clause
Definition
gives the mortgagee the right to declare the entire loan amount due immediately because the mortgagor is in default on the loan
Term
judicial foreclosure
Definition
the process by which mortgaged proeprly is sold under the supervision of a court
Term
junior lienhiolds
Definition
partners who have  claim, such as a second mortgage, and who are notified and included in the foreclosure action, whose interest may be extinguished
Term
deficiency judgment
Definition
A claim against the mortgagor for the balance of the mortgage debt that was now receovered by the lender through the foreclosure sale
Term
one-actino rule
Definition
a rule that requires a deficiency action be brought at the same time as the mortgage foreclosure action
Term
redemption or the equity right of redemption
Definition
right of the mortgagor to recover the property after default by paying the outstanding debt
Term
statutory redemption
Definition
state's law allowing the mortgagor a window of time to buy back the foreclosed property, usually by paying the sale price.
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