Legal Descriptions, Methods of Acquiring Title, Deeds, Estates, and Methods of Holding Title – Part 2

A reservation in a deed:

By will, a spouse may dispose of:

A man dies testate, leaving a wife and one child. His estate is distributed:

Tom leases to John for 20 years. Two years later Tom dies. John discovers that Tom had a life estate.

A sells a property to B that A does not own. A later acquires title to the property. Who has title?

A brother and sister hold land as joint tenants. The sister conveys one-half of her interest to her husband.

Which of the following does not have to be recorded to have effect?

To be  recorded, a deed must have:

Which of the following pairs of terms do not match?

A valid deed requires:

The person making an acknowledgment on a deed would be:

Alicia deeds a property to Bud. The deed is never recorded. How can Bud transfer title back to Alicia?

A recorded deed:

In accordance with her deceased husband's will, Roberta can collect the rents from an apartment house for her life-time, after which the apartment house goes to their church. Roberta has a:

A corporation seal on a deed:

When the word "fee" is used in connection with real estate, it means:

A property in probate is appraised at $96,000. At auction the highest bid is $90,000. For the court to consider any other offer, it would have to be at least:

Country Records show that Dave owns a property. Bill deeds that property to Carl. Bill's deed is considered:

Quitclaim deeds convey:

An exception in the grant deed:

The only one of four unities required for joint tenancy that is also required for tenancy in common is:

Under a tenancy in common

A valid deed must have certain requirements, but it need not:

A gift deed may be voided by:

The W 1/2 of the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of a section contains:

After buying property and receiving a recorded deed, the buyer and the seller decide to rescind the deal. The buyer should:

Elaine acquires property by accession. Most likely she got the property by:

A deed is recored and indexed:

Which of the following is true regarding an estate in real estate?

Stan gives a life estate to Carter. Stan's retained interest is:

A deed transfer title at the time of:

A disadvantage of joint tenancy is that:

The most important requirement of adverse possession is:

In taking an offer from a corporate representative, a broker should be sure to check the representative's authority. This would be found most likely in the:

A husband and wife own Greenacres as community property. The husband dies, leaving a will specifying that all his interest goes to his son. How would title be held?

Joint tenancy:

Property can not be held in joint tenancy by:

It is normally best to have:

As to an acknowledgment to a deed, which of the following is true?

A country recorder must keep:

A husband alone, without his wife's consent, may:

A person having an interest as community property may not:

Alfonso and Boyd, both single men, inherit a farm as joint tenants. They each later marry. Alfonso dies without a will, leaving a wife and three children. What happens to his interest?

Conrad gives a deed to Fiona with the following instructions: Fiona should return the deed on demand, but if Conrad dies, the Fiona should give the deed to Conrad's son. The problem is one of:

A brother and sister would never hold property as:

Ramon sells property to Kate, with the provision in the deed that if the property were ever used as a tavern, it would revert to Ramon. This would be best described as a:

Which of the following is not a requirement of a formal will?

Mabel and Edgar have three children. They have $100,000 in community property. Edgar dies intestate (without a will). Each of the children receives:

Which of the following cannot be a "less than freehold" estate?

Chang and Jerome, both signle men, wish to take title together with undivided equal interests without the right of survivorship. The granting clause in the deed would read: