chapter 3

Edit Answers
123456789101112131415161718
Across
  1. 2. The act of taking private property for public use under the power of eminent domain.
  2. 8. The written declaration of an individual that designates how his estate will be disposed of after death.
  3. 10. The power of the government to take (condemn) private property for public use, upon payment of just compensation to the owner.2w
  4. 11. An insurance policy that indemnifies a buyer or a lender against losses resulting from title defects that have not been excepted from coverage.2w
  5. 12. An inspection of the public record to determine all rights to a piece of property.2w
  6. 14. Notice of a fact that a person is held by law to have (as opposed to actual notice); he had the opportunity to discover the fact in question by searching the public record.2w
  7. 15. A complete history of all the recorded interests in a piece of real property.
  8. 16. When a private owner voluntarily or involuntarily gives real property to the public.
  9. 17. A written instrument that, when properly executed, delivered, and accepted, conveys title or ownership of real property from the grantor to the grantee.
  10. 18. The deed that proves the greatest protection to a purchaser of real property, because it contains five basic covenants against defects in the title.2w
Down
  1. 1. A formal declaration made before an authorized official, such as a notary public or county clerk, by a person who has signed a document; he states that the signature is genuine and voluntary.
  2. 3. A deed that conveys and releases any interest in a piece of real property that the grantor may have. It contains no warranties of any kind, but does transfer any right, title, or interest the grantor has at the time the deed is executed.2w
  3. 4. A means by which a person may acquire title to property by using it openly and continuously without the owner’s permission for the required statutory period.2w
  4. 5. When a person dies without leaving a valid will, she dies intestate.
  5. 6. The transfer of title, ownership, or am interest in property from one person to another. Alienation may be voluntary or involuntary.
  6. 7. A report issued after a title search by a title insurance company, listing all defects and encumbrances of record.2w
  7. 9. A condensed history of the recorded interests in a piece of real property.3w
  8. 13. The reversion of property to the state after no one with a legal claim to the state after no one with a legal claim to the property comes forward to claim it. (This may happen, for example, because the owner died without leaving a will and without heirs.)