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A fee simple absolute is the highest estate permitted by law, and it gives the holder full possessory rights and obligations now and in the future. Other fee simple estates in real property include fee simple defeasible (or fee simple determinable) estates.
A condominium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual owners.
Fee simple ownership is the absolute ownership of real property, in which the owner holds unconditional power over the land, as well as any improvements -- including buildings -- that sit on it.
In most states, full ownership of land is known as fee simple, fee simple absolute, or fee. [14] Fee simple refers to a present interest in the land, which continues indefinitely into the future. [14] One other type of ownership is the defeasible fee, which is like fee simple, except that it can end upon some event occurring. [14]
Most property ownership in common law jurisdictions is fee simple. In the United States, the land is subject to eminent domain by federal, state and local government, and subject to the imposition of taxes by state and/or local governments, and there is thus no true allodial land.
Freehold ("More permanent") conveyances of real estate are covered by real estate contracts, including conveying fee simple title, life estates, remainder estates, and freehold easements. Real estate contracts are typically bilateral contracts (i.e., agreed to by two parties) and should have the legal requirements specified by contract law in ...
fee simple. fee simple absolute—most rights, least limitations, indefeasible; defeasible estate—voidable possession and use fee simple determinable; fee simple subject to a condition subsequent; fee simple subject to executory limitation; finite estate—limited to lifetimes life estate—fragmented possession and use for duration of ...
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