Ch1 Definitions

Question 1

Greek goddess protector of boundaries

Answer 1

Terminus

Question 2

Challenge, dispute. (Middle English)

Answer 2

Calenge

Question 3

Strife, contention. (Old English)

Answer 3

Ceast

Question 4

Boundary (Gaelic)

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Erioch

Question 5

Division, boundary. (Old French)

Answer 5

Devise

Question 6

Strife, dispute (old English)

Answer 6

Flit

Question 7

End, boundary. (Welsh)

Answer 7

Fyn

Question 8

Marker boundary blaze on tree (old Norse)

Answer 8

Grima

Question 9

Landmark boundary, settlement on a boundary (Old Norse)

Answer 9

Ra’

Question 10

Boundary, boundary creek. (Old Danish)

Answer 10

Skial

Question 11

Boundary (Welsh)

Answer 11

Terfyn

Question 12

Dispute (Old English)

Answer 12

Threap

Question 13

International boundary between nations or between subdivisions of nations

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Macro boundary

Question 14

Boundary on a local level, such as between land grants or, possibly, individual parcels of land.

Answer 14

Micro boundary

Question 15

Trees are marked and identified in field notes as

Answer 15

Line tree or Tree on line

Question 16

Terminal points

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Corners

Question 17

A new survey that identifies the existing condition of the boundary lines at the time of the recent conveyance but written in terms of the original description.

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Retracement

Question 18

Written document or legal instrument by which one can claim ownership to a separate and distinct identifiable parcel of land or property.

Answer 18

Land title

Question 19

Means or vehicle, usually documents, by which one acquires an estate.

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Title

Question 20

Attributes that a person may hold by being a landowner

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Rights

Question 21

any right, claim, or privilege that an individual has toward property

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Interest

Question 22

Old English term for boundary

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Maere

Question 23

Assorted rights, both corporeal and incorporeal, that are held together by ownership or title.

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Bundle of rights

Question 24

Highest ownership interest in land

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Fee simple absolute

Question 25

If no heirs are produced by the grantee, the estate reverts to the grantor

Answer 25

Fee tail or Estate tail

Question 26

Freehold estate that lasts only the life of the person

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Life estate

Question 27

An estate that lasts the life of someone other than the holder of the estate

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Estate per autre vie

Question 28

The purchaser has to pay the seller a payment in money at specific intervals, theoretically, forever

Answer 28

Quitrent

Question 29

(Latin for "the law of the place")[1] is a shorthand version of the choice of law rules that determine the lex causae (the laws chosen to decide a case).

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Lex loci

Question 30

set of doctrines in which a court prevents a litigant from taking an action the litigant normally would have the right to take, in order to prevent an inequitable result.

Answer 30

Estoppel

Question 31

Fixed immovable permanent property

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Real property

Question 32

Property that is consumable, can be destroyed, or is movable at will.

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Personal property

Question 33

Means by which one can claim just or legal possession to a parcel of land

Answer 33

Title

Question 34

An estate in which a future event must be met. The title is conveyed on the condition that certain things will be done or not done within a time limit.

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Defensible fee simple estate

Question 35

Estate limited to the life of the person holding it

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Estate for life

Question 36

Created by a lease between two parties whose relationship is that of a landlord and tenant

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Estate for years

Question 37

Estate that may be terminated at any time as described by law or contract.

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Estate at will

Question 38

One of the bundle of rights that enjoys a boundary. An interest that one person has in the land of another. A non possessory right.

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Easment

Question 39

Permits the possessor of the easement to do some physical act on, under, or over the lands of another party

Answer 39

Affirmative or Positive easement

Question 40

The land an easement benefits

Answer 40

Dominant estate

Question 41

The land which an easement is attached

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Servient estate

Question 42

an easement that is intended to benefit a particular piece of land (dominant estate/tenement) rather than a particular individual.

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Appurtenant easement

Question 43

Holder of the dominant estate can prevent the servient estate holder from some use of the property. This prevents landowners from building or altering their land in such a way as to block sunlight, air, or water flowing in a defined channel, or to take away lateral support to adjacent property.

Answer 43

Negative easement

Question 44

Easement to an individual for a specific purpose

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Easement in gross

Question 45

An easement that exists only by necessity because no other means of egress and ingress exists. Once an alternative means is available the easement ceases to exist

Answer 45

Easement by necessity

Question 46

``` Easement created by: Adverse use without permission Open and notorious Continuous use For a specific purpose Use for the statutory period ```

Answer 46

Easement by prescription

Question 47

Personal, revocable, and usually unassignable permission or authority to do acts on the land of another without possession of an interest in the land

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License

Question 48

Restriction or a limited real right over another person's property that entitles the holder to certain powers of use and enjoyment or prohibitions of use in relation to that property

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Servitude

Question 49

An easement is a type of

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Real servitude

Question 50

Is established for the benefit of a particular estate of land and is held for the benefit of the estate and not the individual.

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Predial servitude

Question 51

An agreement between persons or parties that restricts the use of a freehold property

Answer 51

Covenant