Unit 6 Flashcards
(15 cards)
In 1990 John bought a house in his own name, and when he married Mary the following year she moved into the house. The marital rights affecting this residence include:
a) right of possession.
b) dower rights.
c) curtesy rights.
d) the right to partition.
a) right of possession.
The word “devise” is used in connection with which of the following?
a) Lease.
b) Will.
c) Purchase and sale agreement.
d) Option.
b) Will.
A sale of property is considered transfer of title by:
a) descent.
b) will.
c) voluntary alienation.
d) involuntary alienation.
c) voluntary alienation.
4) Which of the following statements is true?
a) There must be children from the marriage in order for a husband to claim his curtesy rights.
b) A testator is appointed by the decedent in his last will and testament.
c) Descent refers to goodly or personable.
d) A holographic will is valid in New Jersey.
d) A holographic will is valid in New Jersey.
5) Which of the following statements is true?
a) A married woman’s dower rights may be terminated by her husband’s execution of a deed.
b) A demise is a figt of realty by will.
c) Intestate refers to the crossing of state lines.
d) A wife cannot convey her inchoate dower interest to another.
d) A wife cannot convey her inchoate dower interest to another.
6) When a person dies without a will, he is said to have died:
a) testate.
b) intestate.
c) in escheat.
d) without heirs.
b) intestate.
7) In probating an estate, which of the following is the last to receive payments, if any?
a) Second mortgage.
b) Creditors.
c) Heirs.
d) Government for taxes.
c) Heirs.
A will takes effect:
a) upon signing.
b) upon recording.
c) upon delivery.
d) upon death of testator.
d) upon death of testator.
Which of the following would NOT be a party to a will?
a) Testator.
b) Administrator.
c) Executor.
d) Devisee.
b) Administrator.
10) An execturix is appointed by the:
a) probate court.
b) heirs of the deceased.
c) deceased’s attorney.
d) testator.
d) testator.
11) When a person dies testate, his real property:
a) escheats and is sold at auction by the state.
b) pasees by descent.
c) passes by devise.
d) goes to his administrator.
c) passes by devise.
12) The word “escheat” refers to:
a) the feudal custom of the king’s seizure of land.
b) the right of the government to take private property for a public purpose upon payment.
c) the acquisition of title by adverse possession.
d) the right of the state to acquire title where the owner dies without a will and without heirs.
d) the right of the state to acquire title where the owner dies without a will and without heirs.
13) Title to the owner’s real estate can be transferred at the death of the owner by which one of the following?
a) Warranty deed.
b) Quitclaim deed.
c) Trustee’s deed.
d) Last will and testament.
d) Last will and testament.
14) A wife’s marital right in her husband’s pre-1980 estate upon his death is bes described as:
a) right of descendency.
b) curtesy
c) right of possession
d) dower
d) dower
A minor could legally act in the capacity of a:
a) vendee
b) vendor
c) grantee
d) grantor
c) grantee
