Property I- Future Interests Ch.1 (Guide)

Question 0

1-2) What is a “devisee”?

Answer 0

A beneficiary of real property under a will.

Question 1

1-1) What is the term for relatives like aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers, and sisters?

Answer 1

Collaterals

Question 2

1-3) Correct the following sentence if there is something wrong with it: All of the heirs gathered at the lawyer’s office to learn what the decedent had left them in his will.

Answer 2

Replace “heirs” with “devisees”. Heirs are those who take in the absence of a will. Devisees are those who take under a will.

Question 3

1-4) Fill in the blank: Anne Smith has made an appointment with her lawyer to have her will drawn. She intends to ________ her house to her son.

Answer 3

Devise

Question 4

1-5) Fill in the blank: Jeremy Park died _______ (without a will).

Answer 4

Intestate

Question 5

1-6) Are “convey” and “sell” synonyms?

Answer 5

Convey means both to transfer by sale and transfer by gift.

Question 6

1-7) Fill in the blank: The _______ (dead person) had no heirs.

Answer 6

Decedent

Question 7

1-8) Name some examples of a person’s “collaterals”

Answer 7

Cousins, siblings, aunts, uncles

Question 8

1-9) Correct the following sentence if there is something wrong with it: Since Harold did not have a will Maude is the devisee of his entire estate.

Answer 8

Replace “devisee” with “heir”.

Question 9

1-10) What is the term for a person’s children and grandchildren?

Answer 9

Issue

Question 10

1-11) What is the term for a person’s parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents?

Answer 10

Ancestors

Question 11

1-12) Fill in the blank: Hazel’s will left a ______ (an item of personal property disposed of by a will) to her brother.

Answer 11

Bequest

Question 12

1-13) Fill in the blank: If Hazel he not died ______ (with a will), all of her estate would have passed to her daughter.

Answer 12

Testate

Question 13

1-14) Name some examples of a person’s “issue”.

Answer 13

Children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren

Question 14

1-15) Francine had never married. She died without a will, and all of her blood relatives had died many years before. Therefore, her property will ______ to the state.

Answer 14

Escheat

Question 15

1-16) Correct the following sentence if there is something wrong with it: All of Barbara’s heirs are coming to visit her this summer.

Answer 15

“Heirs” should be “heirs apparent”. A living person has no heirs.

Question 16

1-17) David’s father has just written a will naming David as the sole beneficiary of the family business. What property interest does David have as a result of being named in the will?

Answer 16

None. A will creates no interests in property until the testator dies.