Search results for: “real estate”
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Estate
Introduction to EstateEstate, in law, the degree of interest or ownership that a person has in property. The term estate is also used in a more general sense to denote the whole property possessed by an individual, for example, the estate of a deceased person. Sometimes debts are also inclu…
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Real Covenant
Note: this term is used mainly in the United States, but may be used in other jurisdictions Real Estate meaning of Real CovenantIn the words of the Encyclopedia of Real Estate Terms about Real Covenant: A covenant that is so related to an estate in land that the benefit passes to a purchaser […]
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Estate Derivation
Introduction to Estate DerivationThe term estate, in the sense of interest that a person has in property, applies especially but not exclusively to realty. Much of the law of realty in the United Kingdom and the United States stems from the feudal institutions developed in England after the…
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Estate Types
Introduction to Estate TypesEstates are classified into two types: freehold and nonfreehold. The freehold estates found in modern property law are the fee simple and the life fee. The fee simple estate is essentially absolute ownership of land, including the power to devise by will or to se…
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Outline of Trust and Estates
Outline of Trust and Estates Note: this is based in United States law I. POLICY AND INTRODUCTION A. Dead Hand Control 1. Controlling consideration in determining meaning of a donative document is donor’s intention 2. Courts cannot consider wisdom, fairness, or reasonableness of donation 3. Courts can only bar donations if they are prohibited or…
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Restatements of the Laws
RESTATEMENTS OF THE LAW See Codifications, studies and other ALI projects and American Law Institute Bibliography The American Law Institute (made up of 4000 lawyers, judges, and law professors of the highest qualifications) drafts, discusses, revises, and publishes Restatements of the Law, model statutes, and principles of law that are enormously influential in the courts…
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Mortgage Bank
Hierarchical Display of Mortgage bank Finance > Financial institutions and credit > Financial institution > BankFinance > Financial institutions and credit > Credit > Real estate credit Mortgage bank Concept of Mortgage bank See the dictionary definition of Mortgage bank. Characteristics […]
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Landholding System
Hierarchical Display of Landholding system Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries > Farming systems > Agricultural real estateAgriculture, Forestry And Fisheries > Farming systems > Type of tenureEnvironment > Environmental policy > Environmental protection > Protected area Landholding […]