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A "covenant running with the land", meeting tests of wording and circumstances laid down in precedent, imposes duties or restrictions upon the use of that land regardless of the owner. A covenant for title that comes with a deed or title to the property assures the purchaser that the grantor has the ownership rights that the deed purports to ...
A warranty deed can include six traditional forms of covenants for title, [1] sometimes known as the English covenants of title. [2] Those six traditional forms of covenants can be broken down into two categories: present covenants and future covenants. Present covenants. Covenant of seisin: "A covenant of seisin or good right to convey." [1] [3]
In law, a moiety title is the ownership of part of a property. The word derives from Old French moitié, "half" (the word has the same meaning in modern French), from Latin medietas ("middle"), from medius. [1] In English law, it relates to parsing aspects of ownership and liability in all forms of property. [2]
Conveyance of the document (transfer of title to the property) may be required in order to transfer ownership in the property to another person. Title is distinct from possession, a right that often accompanies ownership but is not necessarily sufficient to prove it (for example squatting). In many cases, possession and title may each be ...
A deed is a legal document that is signed and delivered, especially concerning the ownership of property or legal rights. Specifically, in common law, a deed is any legal instrument in writing which passes, affirms or confirms an interest, right, or property and that is signed, attested, delivered, and in some jurisdictions, sealed.
In real estate business and law, a title search or property title search is the process of examining public records and retrieving documents on the history of a piece of real property to determine and confirm property's legal ownership, and find out what claims or liens are on the property. [1] A title search is also performed when an owner ...
The extensive guarantees and protections offered by grant deeds include assurances of the grantor's legal authority to transfer ownership, the absence of undisclosed claims or encumbrances on the property, and protection against defects in title. [1] Understanding liens and encumbrances is important in real estate transactions.
Private transfer fee covenants, like similar covenants and restrictions attached to real property, generally provide for legal and equitable remedies, including foreclosure of a lien and a claim against the owner, who, in taking title to the real estate, takes title "subject to" all claims and assessments.