Activités en immobilierL'activité en immobilier est une expression définissant et incluant toute activité commerciale ou privée ayant trait aux biens immobiliers. Le terme désigne communément les activités de gestion et transaction s'opérant sur ces biens, mais il touche également de nombreuses activités connexes telles que : le logement, la construction, la promotion, le conseil, l'urbanisme, l'architecture, la gérance, etc. Le droit et la finance sont des domaines d'activité indispensables au fonctionnement du marché de l’immobilier.
Concurrent estateIn property law, a concurrent estate or co-tenancy is any of various ways in which property is owned by more than one person at a time. If more than one person owns the same property, they are commonly referred to as co-owners. Legal terminology for co-owners of real estate is either co-tenants or joint tenants, with the latter phrase signifying a right of survivorship. Most common law jurisdictions recognize tenancies in common and joint tenancies.
Life estateIn common law and statutory law, a life estate (or life tenancy) is the ownership of immovable property 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". In the combined jurisdiction of England and Wales since 1925 a freehold estate intended to be 'held' as a life interest takes effect only as an interest enjoyed in equity, specifically as an interest in possession trust.
Capacity (law)Legal capacity is a quality denoting either the legal aptitude of a person to have rights and liabilities (in this sense also called transaction capacity), or altogether the personhood itself in regard to an entity other than a natural person (in this sense also called legal personality). Natural person in French law Capacity covers day-to-day decisions, including: what to wear and what to buy, as well as, life-changing decisions, such as: whether to move into a care home or whether to have major surgery.
Testamentary capacityIn the common law tradition, testamentary capacity is the legal term of art used to describe a person's legal and mental ability to make or alter a valid will. This concept has also been called sound mind and memory or disposing mind and memory. Adults are presumed to have the ability to make a will. Litigation about testamentary capacity typically revolves around charges that the testator, by virtue of senility, dementia, insanity, or other unsoundness of mind, lacked the mental capacity to make a will.
Future interestIn property law and real estate, a future interest is a legal right to property ownership that does not include the right to present possession or enjoyment of the property. Future interests are created on the formation of a defeasible estate; that is, an estate with a condition or event triggering transfer of possessory ownership. A common example is the landlord-tenant relationship. The landlord may own a house, but has no general right to enter it while it is being rented.
Réserve héréditaireLa réserve héréditaire est une portion de la succession qui est réservée par la loi à certains héritiers protégés, les héritiers réservataires. Réserve héréditaire en France Le droit français ne permet pas d'exhéréder certains héritiers tels que les enfants. La réserve héréditaire a été définie par la loi du , au sein de l'article 912 du Code civil : En droit louisianais, la réserve héréditaire (forced heirship) est prévue à l'article 1493 du Code civil de la Louisiane. : « Art. 1493. A.
Notaire publicUn notaire public (latin notarius, notary public), dans la plupart des pays de common law, est un officier public qui intervient dans les affaires étrangères et internationales pour accomplir certaines formalités. Selon la common law, le notaire public n'est pas une variété de juriste distincte ; ce n'est qu'une fonction juridique accessoire. Par conséquent, son office ne constitue pas une profession en soi, mais plutôt une charge à part.
Minor (law)In law, a minor is someone under a certain age, usually the age of majority, which demarcates an underage individual from legal adulthood. The age of majority depends upon jurisdiction and application, but it is commonly 18. Minor may also be used in contexts that are unconnected to the overall age of majority. For example, the smoking and drinking age in the United States is 21, and younger people below this age are sometimes called minors in the context of tobacco and alcohol law, even if they are at least 18.
Estate tax in the United StatesIn the United States, the estate tax is a federal tax on the transfer of the estate of a person who dies. The tax applies to property that is transferred by will or, if the person has no will, according to state laws of intestacy. Other transfers that are subject to the tax can include those made through a trust and the payment of certain life insurance benefits or financial accounts. The estate tax is part of the federal unified gift and estate tax in the United States.
