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Style of Brutalist architecture - 4/8/2006
Brutalism is related and similar to (and often confused with) the modernist, minimalist and internationalist styles of architecture. ...
Real estate - 4/8/2006
Real estate or immovable property is a legal term (in some jurisdictions) that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ...
Levels of Real estate - 4/8/2006
There are different levels of Real Estate ...
Property (ownership right) - 4/8/2006
The concept of property or ownership has no single or universally accepted definition. ...
General characteristics of Property - 4/8/2006
Modern property rights conceive of ownership and possession as belonging to legal individuals, even if the legal individual is not a real person. ...
Theories of property - 4/8/2006
Anthropology studies the diverse systems of ownership, rights of use and transfer, and possession under the term "theories of property". ...
Property in philosophy - 4/8/2006
In medieval and Renaissance Europe the term "property" essentially referred to land. ...
Types of property - 4/8/2006
Most legal systems distinguish between different types (Immovable property, Estate in land, Real estate, Real property) of property, especially between land and all other forms of property. ...
What can be property? - 4/8/2006
The two major justifictions of original property, or homesteading, are effort and scarcity. ...
Who can be an owner? - 4/8/2006
In some societies only adult men may own property. ...
Community property - 4/8/2006
Community property is a marital property regime that originated in civil law jurisdictions, and is now also found in some common law jurisdictions. ...
Community property in US - 4/8/2006
In the United States there are nine community property states: Arizona, California, Idaho, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin. ...
Division of property - 4/8/2006
Division of property also known as equitable distribution of parties which is a judicial division of property rights and obligations between spouses during the process of the dissolution of marriage (divorce). ...
Labor theory of property - 4/8/2006
The labor theory of property is a natural law theory that holds that property originally comes about by the exertion of labor upon natural resources. ...
Immovable property - 4/8/2006
In all the civil law systems, immovable property is the equivalent of "real property" in common law systems, i.e. it is land or any permanent feature or structure above or below the surface. ...
Estate in land - 4/8/2006
An estate is the right, interest, or nature of interest, a person has in real property. ...
Categories of estates - 4/8/2006
Estates in land can be divided into four basic categories: ...
Estate (law) - 4/8/2006
At common law, an estate is the totality of the legal rights, interests, entitlements and obligations attaching to property. ...
Life estate - 4/8/2006
A life estate, at common law is an estate in real property that ends at death. ...
Blackacre - 4/8/2006
Blackacre, Whiteacre, Greenacre, and variations thereof are the placeholder names of fictitious estates in land universally used by professors of law in common law jurisdictions, particularly in the area of real property, to discuss the rights of various parties to a piece of land. ...
Inheritance tax - 3/30/2006
Inheritance tax, also known in some countries outside the United States as a death duty and referred to as an estate tax within the U.S, is a form of tax imposed upon the transfer of the property of the estate of a deceased person that is left to a living person or organisation. ...
Inheritance tax in US - 3/30/2006
In the United States, estate and/or inheritance taxes may be imposed at both the national (Federal) level and the state level. ...
Fee tail - 3/30/2006
Fee tail or entail is an obsolescent term of art in common law. ...
Majorat - 3/30/2006
Majorat is the right of succession to property according to age. ...
Ordynat - 3/30/2006
Ordynat was the title of the principal heir of "ordynacja" estates (landed property) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. ...
Inheritance - 3/30/2006
Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, and obligations upon the death of an individual. It has long played an extremely important role in human societies. ...
Intestacy - 3/30/2006
Intestacy is the condition of the estate of a person who dies owning property greater than the sum of his or her enforceable debts and funeral expenses without having made a valid will or other binding declaration; alternatively where such a will or declaration has been made, but only applies to part of the estate, the remaining estate forms the "Intestate Estate". ...
Order of succession - 3/30/2006
An order of succession is a formula or algorithm that determines who inherits an office upon the death, resignation, or removal of its current occupant. ...
Hereditary monarchy - 3/30/2006
A hereditary monarchy is the most common style of monarchy and is the form that is used by almost all of the world's existing monarchies. ...
Royal family - 3/30/2006
A royal family is the extended family of a monarch. Generally, the head of a royal family is a king or queen regnant. ...
Will (law) - 3/30/2006
In the common law, a will or testament is a document by which a person (the testator) regulates the rights of others over his property or family after death. ...
Revocation - 3/30/2006
Revocation ...
Wills in history - 3/30/2006
Some wills have unusual wishes. ...
Probate - 3/30/2006
Probate is the legal process of settling the estate of a deceased person; specifically, distributing the decedent's property. ...
Probate in the United States - 3/30/2006
In some states, after a person residing in that state has died without a valid will or trust, his or her property immediately becomes the property of the spouse, if any, without the need for probate. ...
Steps of probate - 3/30/2006
Some of the decedent's property may never enter probate because it passes to another person contractually, such as an insurance policy or bank account that names a beneficiary or is owned as "payable on death", and property (usually, again, a bank account) legally held as "jointly owned with right of survivorship". ...
Avoiding probate - 3/30/2006
Probate generally lasts several months, occasionally over a year before all the property can be distributed, and court and attorney costs. ...
Remainderman - 3/30/2006
A remainderman is person who inherits property upon the termination of the estate of the former owner. ...
Australian Property Legislation - 3/30/2006
Australian Property Legislation varies between each jurisdiction in every State of Australia there is a different scheme of regulating property rights that combines legislation but is also receptive of the common law. ...
Australian property law - 3/30/2006
Australian Property Law is the term that collectively refers to the system of laws regulating and prioritising the rights, interests and responsabilities of individuals in relation to "things". ...
Personal property - 3/30/2006
Personal property is a type of property. In the common law systems personal property may also be called chattels. ...
Other meanings of Personal property - 3/30/2006
Specifically, Marxism and Anarchism draw a distinction between personal property and private property: ...
Bailment - 3/30/2006
Bailment describes a legal relationship where physical possession of personal property (chattels) is transferred from one person (the 'bailor') to another person (the 'bailee') who subsequently holds possession of the property. ...
Escheat - 3/30/2006
Escheat is an obstruction of the course of descent and the consequent reversion of property to the original grantor. In common law there were two main ways this could happen ...
Heirloom (law) - 3/30/2006
Heirloom, strictly so called in English law, a chattel (loom meaning originally a tool) which by immemorial usage is regarded as annexed by inheritance to a family estate. ...
Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property - 3/30/2006
In the common law of property, personal belongings that have left the possession of their rightful owners without having directly entered the possession of another person are deemed to be lost, mislaid, or abandoned, depending on the circumstances under which they were found by the next party to come into possession of them. ...
Trespass to chattels - 3/30/2006
Trespass to chattels is a tort whereby the infringing party has intentionally (or in Australia negligently) interfered with another person's lawful possession of a chattel. ...
Trover - 3/30/2006
Trover is a form of lawsuit in common-law countries for recovery of damages for wrongful taking of personal property. ...
Estate (house) - 3/30/2006
An estate comprises the houses and outbuildings and supporting farmland and woods that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as a country house or mansion. ...
Housing estate - 3/30/2006
A housing estate is a medium-to-low density residential area, usually part of a suburb of a town or city in a developed country. ...
Residential area - 3/30/2006
A residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is residential. ...
Condominium - 3/30/2006
A condominium, or condo for short, is a form of housing tenure. ...
Condominium in US - 3/30/2006
An alternative form of ownership popular in the United States in common law jurisdictions is the "cooperative" corporation, also known as "company share" or "co-op". ...
Mobile home - 3/30/2006
Mobile homes (or manufactured homes) are housing units built in factories, rather than on site, and then taken to the place where they will be occupied, usually by being carried by tractor-trailers over public highways. ...
Inclusionary zoning - 3/30/2006
Inclusionary zoning is a tool originally created in reaction to the exclusionary zoning practices that predominated in many suburbs throughout the 20th century and into the present day. ...
Historical background of Inclusionary zoning - 3/30/2006
During the mid to late 20th century, new suburbs sprouted around American cities as middle class homeowners fled established neighborhoods for newer communities. ...
Controversy over Inclusionary zoning - 3/30/2006
Inclusionary zoning is a controversial issue. The policies may reduce the profits earned by for-profit housing developers, leading these interests to mount political opposition to the inclusionary housing movement. ...
Variance (land use) - 3/30/2006
In zoning, a variance is an administrative exception to land use regulations, generally in order to compensate for a deficiency in a real property which would prevent the property from complying with the zoning regulation. ...
Subdivision (land) - 3/30/2006
Subdivision is the act of dividing land into pieces that are easier to sell or otherwise develop, usually via a plat. ...
History of Subdivision (land) - 3/30/2006
In the United States, the creation of a subdivision was often the first step toward the creation of a new incorporated township or city. ...
Ownership society - 3/30/2006
Ownership society is a slogan for a model of society promoted by United States President George W. Bush. ...
History of Ownership society - 3/30/2006
The term appears to have been used originally by President Bush (for example in a speech February 20, 2003 in Kennesaw, Georgia) as a phrase to rally support for his tax-cut proposals (Pittsburgh Post - Gazette, Bush OKs Funding Bill for Fiscal '03, Feb 21, 2003 Scott Lindlaw). ...
Right of public access to the wilderness - 3/30/2006
The right of public access to the wilderness, or everyman's right, is a convention of property rights in the Nordic countries of Sweden, Finland and Norway, in addition to parts of Scotland (Shetland/Orkney), which allows the common public the right of access to the land, be it public or privately owned. ...
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 - 3/30/2006
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 is a UK act of parliament which came into force on November 30, 2000. A similar bill was enacted in Scotland by the Land Reform Act (Scotland) 2003. ...
Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) - 3/30/2006
Many communities utilize the air rights concept to encourage the preservation of historic buildings. ...
Riparian water rights - 3/30/2006
Riparian water rights (or simply riparian rights) is a system of allocating water among the property owners who abut its source. ...
Native Title Act 1993 - 3/30/2006
The legal concept of Native Title as it applies in Australia was recognised by the judicial system in 1992, and the Keating government later enacted the Native Title Act in 1993 to clarify the legal position of landholders and the processes that must be followed for Native Title to be claimed, protected and recognised through the courts. ...
United States Department of the Interior - 3/30/2006
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is a Cabinet department of the United States government that manages and conserves most federally-owned land. ...
History of United States Department of the Interior - 3/30/2006
A department for domestic concerns was first considered by the First Congress in 1789, but those duties were placed in the Department of State. ...
Bureau of Indian Affairs - 3/30/2006
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is an agency of the United States Federal Government within the Department of the Interior charged with the administration and management of 55.7 million acres (87,000 sq. miles or 225,000 km²) of land held in trust by the United States for American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. ...
Free party - 3/30/2006
A free party is a party "free" from the restrictions of the legal club scene. They are typically a sound system playing electronic dance music from late at night (usually a Saturday) until the organisers decide to go home, which is usually a day or two later. ...
History of Free party - 3/30/2006
After the emergence of the Acid House parties in the late 1980s up to 4 000 people were known to attend a rave. ...
What a Free Party is? - 3/30/2006
Free parties are much like other rave parties, their main distinction being that the venue is free to use. ...
Squat Party - 3/30/2006
A squat party is a party that takes place either in a disused building (broken into and secured for the party) or in an already existing squat. ...
Cybersquatting - 3/30/2006
Cybersquatting is a derogatory term used to describe the practice of registering and claiming rights over Internet domain names that are, arguably, not for the taking. ...
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