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________is law that governs the ownership of property and transfer of that property.

A. Contract law
B. Property law

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Personal property,also referred to as ___________, is anything other than land that can be the subject of ownership, including stocks, money, notes, patents, and copyrights, as well as intangible property.

A. movable property
B. immovable property

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Personal property is considered to be lost if the owner has parted with it and does not know its location. Mislaid property is that which an owner __ places somewhere with the idea that he will eventually be able to find it again but subsequently forgets where it has been placed. Abandoned property is property to which the owner has intentionally relinquished all rights.

A. involuntarily… intentionally
B. intentionally… involuntarily

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A Bailment is the rightful temporary possession of goods by an individual other than the true owner. The individual who entrusts his property into the hands of another is called the . The person who holds the property is called the _.

A. bailee…bailor
B. bailor…bailee

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Adverse possession is a method of ______ to real property by the actual, open, hostile, and continuous possession of it to the exclusion of its true owner for the period prescribed by state law.

A. gaining legal title
B. vesting legal title

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A _______ is the ownership of land for the duration of a person's life. In legal terms it is an estate in real property that ends at death when ownership of the property may revert to the original owner, or it may pass to another person. The owner of a life estate is called a "life tenant".

A. life estate
B. fee tail estate

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If previous grantors of a fee simple estate do not create any conditions for subsequent grantees, then the title is called _____________.

A. fee tail estate
B. fee simple absolute

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If the grantor uses durational language in the condition such as "to A. as long as the land is used for a park", then upon the happening of the specified event, the estate will automatically terminate and revert to the grantor or the grantor's estate; this is called ___________.

A. fee simple determinable
B. fee simple absolute

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If the grantor uses language such as "but if alcohol is served", then the grantor or the heirs have a right of entry if the condition occurs, but the estate does not automatically revert to the grantor; this is a ____________.

A. fee simple subject to a condition subsequent
B. fee simple determinable

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In order to create a_____________, the original owner would use either durational or conditional words that establish a condition and a third party to whom the property would go to if the condition is not met or is violated.

A. fee simple subject to a condition subsequent
B. fee simple subject to executory limitation

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