enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Land contract - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_contract

   The legal status of land contracts varies between jurisdictions. [vague] Since a land contract specifies the sale of a specific item of real estate between a seller and buyer, a land contract can be considered a special type of real estate contract. In the usual more conventional real estate contracts, a seller does not provide a loan to the ...

3. Real estate contract - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_estate_contract

   A real estate contract typically does not convey or transfer ownership of real estate by itself. A different document called a deed is used to convey real estate. In a real estate contract, the type of deed to be used to convey the real estate may be specified, such as a warranty deed or a quitclaim deed. If a deed type is not specifically ...

4. Habendum clause - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habendum_clause

   A habendum clause is a clause in a deed or lease that defines the type of interest and rights to be enjoyed by the grantee or lessee. In a deed, a habendum clause usually begins with the words "to have and to hold". This phrase is the translation of the Latin habendum et tenendum that historically commenced these clauses in deeds.

5. Equitable conversion - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equitable_conversion

   In most jurisdictions, the real property interest created by the contract will pass to the buyer's heirs, while the seller's personal property interest created by the contract will pass to the seller's estate. The State of New York does not recognize equitable conversion. In New York, as long as the buyer is without fault, the risk of loss ...

6. Recording (real estate) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_(real_estate)

   The search finds the grant from the sovereign to the first grantee. This is usually in the form of a patent. Then, the grantee's name is searched in the grantor index to find the deed by which it has subsequently conveyed the title, and so forth until no more grants are found.

7. Merger doctrine (property law) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merger_doctrine_(property_law)

   The merger also refers to the doctrine whereby "a fee simple estate, once fragmented into present and future interests, can thereafter be reconstituted. 'Merger is the absorption of a lesser estate by a greater estate, and takes place when two distinct estates of greater and lesser rank meet in the same person or class of persons at the same time without any intermediate estate.' "[1 ...