Title (property)In property law, title is an intangible construct representing a bundle of rights in (to) a piece of property in which a party may own either a legal interest or equitable interest. The rights in the bundle may be separated and held by different parties. It may also refer to a formal document, such as a deed, that serves as evidence of ownership. Conveyance of the document (transfer of title to the property) may be required in order to transfer ownership in the property to another person.
Quia EmptoresQuia Emptores is a statute passed by the Parliament of England in 1290 during the reign of Edward I that prevented tenants from alienating their lands to others by subinfeudation, instead requiring all tenants who wished to alienate their land to do so by substitution. The statute, along with its companion statute Quo Warranto also passed in 1290, was intended to remedy land ownership disputes and consequent financial difficulties that had resulted from the decline of the traditional feudal system in England during the High Middle Ages.
AppartementUn appartement est une unité d’habitation, comportant un certain nombre de pièces et qui n’occupe qu’une partie d’un immeuble, situé généralement dans une ville. Il est souvent à usage d'habitation (notion de logement). En particulier en France, lorsque le règlement de copropriété destine intégralement l'immeuble à cette utilisation (c'est ce qu'on appelle des clauses d'« occupation bourgeoise exclusive »), excluant toutes formes d'activités commerciales. Plus marginalement, il héberge parfois des activités professionnelles.
Housing tenureHousing tenure is a financial arrangement and ownership structure under which someone has the right to live in a house or apartment. The most frequent forms are tenancy, in which rent is paid by the occupant to a landlord, and owner-occupancy, where the occupant owns their own home. Mixed forms of tenure are also possible. The basic forms of tenure can be subdivided, for example an owner-occupier may own a house outright, or it may be mortgaged.
PropriétéLa propriété est la possession d'un bien meuble ou immeuble ou d'une production intellectuelle, reconnue et consacrée par une autorité (divine ou humaine), la société, la loi, la raison générale ou le consentement universel C'est selon Pierre-Joseph Proudhon une usucapion ou une usurpation. La Révolution française a exalté le droit de propriété : inviolable et sacrée, selon l'article 17 de la Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de 1789.
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.
Droit des biensLe droit des biens ou droits réels est branche du droit qui étudie les relations juridiques dont l'origine ou l'objet se rapporte aux biens ou choses. Le droit des biens s'intéresse aux relations entre personnes et biens. Les biens sont un ensemble qui comporte tant des choses matérielles (voiture) que des choses immatérielles (droit d'auteur), tant des choses meubles (action de société) que des choses immeubles (appartement). Les droits réels comprennent un certain nombre de principes fondamentaux issus de leur nature particulière.
VassalitéLa vassalité est la situation de dépendance d’un homme libre (vassal, du celtique uasso-, jeune homme, écuyer, par le latin médiéval vassus puis vassalus) envers son seigneur par la cérémonie de l’hommage. Héritier du compagnonnage d'arme du haut Moyen Âge, le système féodo-vassalique s’est développé en raison de l’affaiblissement de l’autorité publique après l’effondrement de l’empire carolingien ( - ) : l’empereur, les rois et bientôt les princes territoriaux étaient incapables de faire régner l’ordre et d’imposer leur pouvoir aux seigneurs locaux.
Torrens titleTorrens title is a land registration and land transfer system, in which a state creates and maintains a register of land holdings, which serves as the conclusive evidence (termed "indefeasibility") of title of the person recorded on the register as the proprietor (owner), and of all other interests recorded on the register. Ownership of land is transferred by registration of a transfer of title, instead of by the use of deeds. The Registrar provides a Certificate of Title to the new proprietor, which is merely a copy of the related folio of the register.
Freehold (law)In common law jurisdictions such as England and Wales, Australia, Canada, and Ireland, a freehold is the common mode of ownership of real property, or land, and all immovable structures attached to such land. It is in contrast to a leasehold, in which the property reverts to the owner of the land after the lease period expires or otherwise lawfully terminates. For an estate to be a freehold, it must possess two qualities: immobility (property must be land or some interest issuing out of or annexed to land) and ownership of it must be forever ("of an indeterminate duration").
