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

Which of the following pairs of terms do not match?

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:

A deed is recored and indexed:

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

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

A country recorder must keep:

A deed transfer title at the time of:

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

Property can not be held in joint tenancy by:

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:

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?

A corporation seal on a deed:

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

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

A gift deed may be voided by:

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

A recorded deed:

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

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:

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:

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

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?

A reservation in a deed:

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:

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

Joint tenancy:

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

An exception in the grant deed:

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

Quitclaim deeds convey:

To be  recorded, a deed must have:

The most important requirement of adverse possession is:

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

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

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

The person making an acknowledgment on a deed would be:

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

Under a tenancy in common

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

A person having an interest as community property may not:

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:

It is normally best to have:

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

A valid deed requires:

A brother and sister would never hold property as:

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

By will, a spouse may dispose of:

A disadvantage of joint tenancy is that:

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

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