Across
- 1. A form of legal description, which cites the book and page on which the subject property can be identified on a map
- 4. A deed delivered when the property is conveyed pursuant to court order
- 6. One of the requirements for a contract. It is something of legal value offered by one party and accepted by another
- 7. A term used to refer to any document that transfers title to real property. Also used to describe the act of transferring
- 10. Documentation of the transfer of land ownership from the federal government to individuals
- 11. Acquiring title to additions or improvements to real property as a result of the annexation of fixtures or the accretion of alluvial deposits along the banks of streams
- 13. The owner transferring title to or an interest in real property to a grantee
- 16. Transfer of title by gift or sale according to owners wishes
- 18. The transfer or the possession of a thing from one person to another
- 20. formal declaration made before a duly authorized officer, usually a notary public, by a person who has signed a document
- 21. A part of a deed beginning with the words to have and to hold, following the granting clause and defining the extent of ownership the grantor is conveying
- 22. A legal description of a parcel of land that begins at a well marked point and follows the boundaries using directions and distances around the tract, back to the place of the beginning
Down
- 2. An appointed person who carries out the directions of a will. A woman might be referred to as executrix.
- 3. a deed that provides the greatest protection, in which the grantor makes five legal promises that the grantee’s ownership will be unchallenged
- 5. A deed that carries with it no warranties against liens or other encumbrances but that does imply that the grantor has the right to convey title. The grantor may add warranties to the deed
- 8. The increase or addition of land by the deposit of sand or soil washed up naturally from a river, lake, or sea
- 9. In real estate, te portion of a document that defines the subject property in specific legal terms
- 12. A person who receives a transfer of real property from a grantor
- 14. The sudden tearing away of land, as by earthquake, flood, volcanic action, or the sudden change in the course of a stream
- 15. A conveyance that transfers whatever interest the grantor has in the specified real estate without warranties or obligations
- 17. The voluntary transfer or private property by its owner to the public for public use, such as streets or schools
- 19. Extra soil deposited onshore by the action of water