front 1 C. alienation | back 1 Voluntarily or involuntarily transferring or conveying property to another |
front 2 G. deed | back 2 Written instrument used to immediately transfer title to real
property |
front 3 O. granting clause | back 3 Words of purchase, such as grants, conveys, transfers, or sells |
front 4 AA. quitclaim deed | back 4 Deed with no warranties |
front 5 N. gift deed | back 5 Deed whose consideration is love and affection |
front 6 S. involuntary alienation | back 6 Transfer of property against the wishes of the owner |
front 7 M. foreclosure | back 7 Legal procedure lenders use to terminate the trustor’s or mortgagor’s
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front 8 DD. trustee’s sale | back 8 Foreclosure method taking approximately four months |
front 9 U. judicial foreclosure | back 9 Procedure lender uses to sell a mortgaged property with the
involvement |
front 10 H. deficiency judgment | back 10 Personal judgment against a borrower for the balance of a debt owed
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front 11 V. partition action | back 11 Court proceeding to settle a dispute between co-owners by dividing
their |
front 12 Z. quiet title action | back 12 Court proceeding to establish an individual’s right to ownership of
real |
front 13 CC. tax sale | back 13 Forced sale of real property by the county to satisfy delinquent taxes |
front 14 K. execution sale | back 14 Forced sale of property to satisfy a money judgment |
front 15 I. eminent domain | back 15 Power of the government to take private property for public use |
front 16 J. escheat | back 16 Property reverts to the state because the deceased owner left no will
and |
front 17 P. holographic will | back 17 Will entirely in the handwriting of the testator |
front 18 E. codicil | back 18 Later testamentary instrument that supplements validity or
disposition of |
front 19 Y. probate | back 19 Legal process to prove that a will is valid |
front 20 L. executor | back 20 Person named in a will to administer it |
front 21 BB. settlor | back 21 Person who sets up a trust on behalf of a beneficiary |
front 22 Q. inter vivos | back 22 Trust in which the settlor is still alive when the trust is established |
front 23 R. intestate | back 23 Term describing a person who dies without leaving a valid will |
front 24 T. issue | back 24 Descendants of the testator |
front 25 W. per stirpes | back 25 Method of dividing property among the descendants of someone who has
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front 26 B. adverse possession | back 26 Obtaining title by occupying land for a statutory time period without
the |
front 27 A. accretion | back 27 Gradual enlargement of land through the accumulation of sediment |
front 28 D. avulsion | back 28 Sudden, perceptible loss of land |
front 29 F. constructive notice | back 29 Notice given by recording a document |
front 30 X. priority | back 30 Order in which deeds are recorded |