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Warranty Deed , WARRANTY DEED
An instrument that transfers real property from one person to another and in which the grantor promises that title is good and clear of… Title , ti·tle / ˈtītl/ • n. 1. the name of a book, composition, or other artistic work: the author and title of the book. ∎ (usu. as titles) a caption or cr… Personal Property , Everything that is the subject of ownership that does not come under the denomination of real property; any right or interest that an individual has… Statute Of Uses , STATUTE OF USES
Anenglish lawenacted in 1535 to end the practice of creating uses in real property by changing the purely equitable title of those en… Escheat , Escheat
The power of a state to acquire title to property for which there is no owner.
The most common reason that an escheat takes place is that an… Adverse Possession , A method of gaining legal title to real property by the actual, open, hostile, and continuous possession of it to the exclusion of its true owner for…
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