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Chapter 3
Law of business
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Business
12th Grade
09/29/2017

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Term
Name the four rights an owner has to property
Definition

·         Ownership

·       Possession

·            Use        

 

·          Alienation

Term
 Property
Definition
right and interest in lands, buildings, and fixtures
Term
real property
Definition
right and interest in lands, buildings, and fixtures
Term
personal property
Definition

rights and interest in basically anything that is not real property, tangible or intangible

Term
fixtures
Definition

Tangible, movable things that become permanently attached to land and buildings

Term
intellectual property
Definition
Patents, copyrights, and trademarks protected by the common law and both state and federal government
Term
title
Definition
Legally endorsed claim to ultimate ownership.
Term
ownership
Definition

-Bundles of rights, including title, allowing a person to have full enjoyment of something.

Term
possession
Definition
Immediate control or power over something to the exclusion of all others
Term
use
Definition
Allows a person to employ something to achieve some results
Term
Alienation
Definition
Allows a person to determine how to do away with something such as destroying. consuming, or selling it.
Term
Acquiring property
Definition
Transferred bought or sold
Term
acquire property by gift
Definition
Delivery, receiving, and accepting
Term
3 elements of gifts
Definition
Giving, delivery, and acceptance
Term
Donor
Definition
the person giving
Term
Donee
Definition
the person receiving
Term
Two types of gift delivery
Definition
Actual and constructive
Term
Acquiring property by inheritance
Definition
If a person dies and is stated in their will that this person receives real and personal property
Term
Decedent
Definition
The person who died
Term
Heir
Definition
Person who receives from the will
Term
Testate
Definition
The person who has died
Term
Testator
Definition
Male person
Term
Testatrix
Definition
Female person
Term
Intestate
Definition
If no will was left behind
Term
Estate
Definition
Property of land
Term
characteristics of a valid will
Definition

Mental capacity

Clear intent of decedent

Written in front of witness who don't inheirit from said person

Term
Escheat
Definition
Estate revert to the state if no will is left behind for someone to inherit it
Term
Other means of acquiring personal property
Definition

Accession- right of an owner to increase in the value of property

Create your own intellectual property- Investors, authors, and creators

Finders- If property is lost and there is no one there to claim if you really looked for the owner

Term
Ownership in severalty
Definition
When one person holds all rights and interest
Term
Right of partition
Definition
Allows co-owners to divide property among themselves
Term
Tenancy in common
Definition
Allows unequal ownership shares, no right of survivorship, no restrictions on the transfer of ownership
Term
Joint tenancy
Definition
Any deceased owner's interest passed o according to his or her will, if there is one
Term
Right of survivorship
Definition
Under time tested legal rule each co-owner are presumed to own all of the subject at the same time
Term
Tenancy by entireties
Definition
Co-ownership between husband and wife
Term
community property
Definition
all property acquired by husband and wife split equally between them both
Term
Divorce
Definition
Legal termination of the marriage
Term
Annulment
Definition
Legal declaration of making the marriage null and void
Term
Seperation
Definition
the couple retains their marital rights and duties but lives apart
Term
Divorce decree
Definition
The court order judgement officially dissolving the marriage
Term
child support
Definition
The monetary payment by a parent to maintain a dependent child
Term
Alimony
Definition
The monetary obligation taken on by one party to indemnify the loss incurred by another party
Term

Insurance
Definition
A contractual obligation taken on by one party to indemnify the loss incurred by another party
Term
Indemnify
Definition
Make good
Term
Insurer
Definition
The person indemnifying another
Term
Inusred
Definition
The person Indemnified
Term
policy
Definition
Insurance contract
Term
Beneficiary
Definition
The party to receive payment under policy
Term
Premium
Definition
Amount paid for insurance coverage
Term
Life insurance
Definition
The beneficiary is paid a set amount upon the death of the person whose life is insured
Term
Insurable interest
Definition
The potential to sustain loss if the insured dies
Term
Casualty insurance
Definition
Provides Protection in situations where the accidental, intentional, or negligent acts of nature results in a loss
Term
Other means of acquiring real property
Definition

Adverse possession- acquiring land of another by continuously occupying it for usually 10 years

Eminent domain- the state takes the land only for public use

Land belong to private entity may be offered to a city for use or ownership

 

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