Exam 8: Real and Personal Property

Deeds do which of the following:

In Neilsen v.Gold's Gym,where Gold's leased space for a new gym,but got into a dispute with the landlord of a the commercial space before it even moved in,the courts held that:

____________ is often used to make arrangements with others about the use of property.

Servitudes include a large category of positive and negative requirements imposed by an owner upon property.

A "vanilla shell" building is:

Which of the following is not true with respect to trespass to land?

When titles and deeds are recorded,the county or state office checks for accuracy.

In Moran v.Sims,where Sims built a house on land surrounded by Moran's land,the court held that Sims had an easement for access by prescription.

A life estate may be granted to whomever the owner of real property designates.

FACT Pattern 8-1 Jill recently inherited money from her old aunt Maude.Jill decided to buy beach-front property in Beaufort,South Carolina.Jill's new property consists of 3 acres of land,with direct access to the ocean.When she bought the land there is no home on it,but she wants to build a beach home in the future.A year after she bought the lovely lot,the city of Beaufort rezones the land,prohibiting any building so that other residents can enjoy the view. -Refer to Fact Pattern 8-1.Suppose that when Jill purchases her land there is a ruin of an old pre-Civil War Episcopal Church on the property.The ruin is best described as:

Houses and other buildings are considered real property.

Zoning laws are typically not used to:

When intellectual property,such as copyrights,patents,trade secrets or trademarks,is taken by others without permission,there is a tort of:

One who possesses lands by any right or title is referred to as a(n):

A fee simple is the most common form of real property ownership.

Real property is land and things attached to land.

The person who holds the legal title to a property in a trust is known as the:

FACT Pattern 8-1 Jill recently inherited money from her old aunt Maude.Jill decided to buy beach-front property in Beaufort,South Carolina.Jill's new property consists of 3 acres of land,with direct access to the ocean.When she bought the land there is no home on it,but she wants to build a beach home in the future.A year after she bought the lovely lot,the city of Beaufort rezones the land,prohibiting any building so that other residents can enjoy the view. -Refer to Fact Pattern 8-1.If,as a result of its new ordinance,the city of Beaufort causes Jill's property to be worth $1.1 million instead of the $1.5 million she paid for it:

A life estate grants a person:

A joint tenancy is the most usual form of ownership of property in a marriage.