Unit 20

Question 1

How may a person determine who should inherit that person’s property?

A. By involuntary alienation
B. By descent
C. By devise
D. By escheat

Answer 1

C. By devise

Question 2

Which document can transfer title to an owner’s real estate at the death of the owner?

A. Warranty deed
B. Quitclaim deed
C. Referee’s deed
D. Last will and testament

Answer 2

D. Last will and testament

Question 3

A woman bought acreage in a distant county, never went to see the acreage, and did not use the
ground. A man moved his mobile home onto the land, had a water well drilled, and lived there for
32 years. How may the man claim ownership of the land?

A. The man may not claim ownership without a deed.
B. The man may have a claim to ownership by adverse possession.
C. The man may have a claim to ownership by avulsion.
D. The man may claim voluntary alienation by the original owner.

Answer 3

B. The man may have a claim to ownership by adverse possession.

Question 4

What is one way in which title to real estate may be transferred by voluntary alienation?

A. Eminent domain
B. Escheat
C. Erosion
D. Dedication

Answer 4

D. Dedication

Question 5

What is the person who has died leaving a valid will called?

A. A devisee
B. A testator
C. A legatee
D. Intestate

Answer 5

B. A testator

Question 6

What options are available to a person whose land is taken for public use in New Jersey?

A. May or may not receive compensation
B. May refuse to give up the property
C. May still devise it by will
D. May challenge a money award in court

Answer 6

D. May challenge a money award in court

Question 7

Which of the following acquires title to real estate?

A. Devisee
B. Optionee
C. Lessee
D. Mortgagee

Answer 7

A. Devisee

Question 8

Under what right can a public entity acquire property for public use?

A. Police power
B. Acquisition
C. Escheat
D. Eminent domain

Answer 8

D. Eminent domain

Question 9

What is the reversion of property to the state or county because of lack of heirs called?

A. Police power
B. Acquisition
C. Escheat
D. Eminent domain

Answer 9

C. Escheat

Question 10

A developer completed building the roads and no longer wants responsibility for maintaining them.
How can the developer pass title of subdivision roads to the town?

A. By public grant
B. By condemnation
C. By seisin
D. By dedication

Answer 10

D. By dedication

Question 11

An owner of real estate who was judged legally incompetent made a will during his stay at a nursing home. He later died and was survived by a wife and three children. Who will receive his
real estate?

A. His wife
B. The heirs mentioned in his will
C. Will be determined by New Jersey’s laws of descent
D. Will escheat to the state

Answer 11

C. Will be determined by New Jersey’s laws of descent

Question 12

What is an example of voluntary transfer of property?
A. Adverse possession
B. A sale
C. Foreclosure
D. Escheat

Answer 12

B. A sale

Question 13

What is an example of involuntary transfer of real property?

A. A gift
B. A public grant
C. A dedication
D. Adverse possession

Answer 13

D. Adverse possession

Question 14

A man bought an apartment house as a joint tenant with his business partner. He died 10 years later, intestate, leaving a wife and two children. Who owns the apartment house?

A. The wife owns half that apartment house as long as she lives, but cannot devise it in her
B. The wife owns the apartment house completely
and can leave it in her will to anyone she
wishes.
C. The wife owns half the apartment house
completely.
D. The wife has no claim on that apartment house.

Answer 14

D. The wife has no claim on that apartment house.

Question 15

What happens to land that the state of New Jersey acquires by escheat?

A. It must be used for public purposes.
B. It is vulnerable to adverse possessors.
C. It can be devised.
D. It is sold at a public sale.

Answer 15

D. It is sold at a public sale.