FUNDAMENTALS OF SURVEYING (FS EXAM)
TECHNICAL LEGAL TERMS EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Deed - ANSWER -The official document transferring ownership from seller
to buyer
Warranty Deed - ANSWER -A deed in which the grantor makes formal
assurance as to quality of title. Will forever defend the grantee against any
claim on the property
Alluvium - ANSWER -A deposit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing
streams in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil.
Prescription - ANSWER -Creation of an easement under claim of right by
use of land that has been open continuous and exclusive for a period of
time prescribed by law.
Deed of Trust - ANSWER -An instrument that takes the place of a
mortgage, that gives full power to sell, mortgage, and subdivide a parcel of
real estate.
Quitclaim Deed - ANSWER -A conveyance by which the grantor transfers
whatever interest he or she has in the real estate, without warranties or
obligations.
Lien - ANSWER -A claim or charge against property for the payment of a
debt.
Aquiescence (Surveying) - ANSWER -Evidence that parties agree to
establish a boundary line as true.
Patent - ANSWER -An instrument from which a sovereign conveys land.
Government grant of land
, Escheat - ANSWER -The reversion of property to the state or county, as
provided by state law, in cases where a decedent dies intestate without
heirs capable of inheriting, or when the property is abandoned.
Escrow - ANSWER -Something placed in the keeping of a third party for
delivery to a given party upon fulfillment of certain conditions.
Equity - ANSWER -Excess of the market value over any debts
Avulsion - ANSWER -Sudden change in course of a river or stream.
Acclivity - ANSWER -Upward slope
declivity - ANSWER -Downward slope
Reliction - ANSWER -Gradual recession of water which uncovers land that
usually belongs to the riparian owner.
Plat - ANSWER -Scaled diagram showing boundaries of a tract of land or
subdivision. May constitute a legal description of the land.
Hiatus - ANSWER -Area between two surveys of record described as
having one or more boundary line with no omissions.
Ingress - ANSWER -Right or permission to enter upon a property
Escrow Agent - ANSWER -The neutral third party holding funds or
something of value in trust for another or others.
Grant - ANSWER -Transfer of real property
Real Property - ANSWER -Physical property such as land and buildings
Thalweg - ANSWER -Deepest part of a channel.
Fee Simple Absolute - ANSWER -The maximum possible estate or right of
ownership of real property, continuing forever. Highest type of interest
estate limited to a person and their heirs.
Fee Tail - ANSWER -An estate with a fixed line of heirs.
TECHNICAL LEGAL TERMS EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Deed - ANSWER -The official document transferring ownership from seller
to buyer
Warranty Deed - ANSWER -A deed in which the grantor makes formal
assurance as to quality of title. Will forever defend the grantee against any
claim on the property
Alluvium - ANSWER -A deposit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing
streams in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil.
Prescription - ANSWER -Creation of an easement under claim of right by
use of land that has been open continuous and exclusive for a period of
time prescribed by law.
Deed of Trust - ANSWER -An instrument that takes the place of a
mortgage, that gives full power to sell, mortgage, and subdivide a parcel of
real estate.
Quitclaim Deed - ANSWER -A conveyance by which the grantor transfers
whatever interest he or she has in the real estate, without warranties or
obligations.
Lien - ANSWER -A claim or charge against property for the payment of a
debt.
Aquiescence (Surveying) - ANSWER -Evidence that parties agree to
establish a boundary line as true.
Patent - ANSWER -An instrument from which a sovereign conveys land.
Government grant of land
, Escheat - ANSWER -The reversion of property to the state or county, as
provided by state law, in cases where a decedent dies intestate without
heirs capable of inheriting, or when the property is abandoned.
Escrow - ANSWER -Something placed in the keeping of a third party for
delivery to a given party upon fulfillment of certain conditions.
Equity - ANSWER -Excess of the market value over any debts
Avulsion - ANSWER -Sudden change in course of a river or stream.
Acclivity - ANSWER -Upward slope
declivity - ANSWER -Downward slope
Reliction - ANSWER -Gradual recession of water which uncovers land that
usually belongs to the riparian owner.
Plat - ANSWER -Scaled diagram showing boundaries of a tract of land or
subdivision. May constitute a legal description of the land.
Hiatus - ANSWER -Area between two surveys of record described as
having one or more boundary line with no omissions.
Ingress - ANSWER -Right or permission to enter upon a property
Escrow Agent - ANSWER -The neutral third party holding funds or
something of value in trust for another or others.
Grant - ANSWER -Transfer of real property
Real Property - ANSWER -Physical property such as land and buildings
Thalweg - ANSWER -Deepest part of a channel.
Fee Simple Absolute - ANSWER -The maximum possible estate or right of
ownership of real property, continuing forever. Highest type of interest
estate limited to a person and their heirs.
Fee Tail - ANSWER -An estate with a fixed line of heirs.
