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Sergio rents an apartment from Taylor for a stated period of one year. The lease does not include a provision for renewal or extension. At the end of the lease term, possession of the apartment most likely


A) remains with Sergio absent notice by the tenant.
B) remains with Sergio until notice by Taylor.
C) remains with Sergio under an implied renewal or extension provision.
D) returns to Taylor.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Rendering the leased premises unfit for occupancy is constructive eviction .

A) True
B) False

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An individual's right to his or her property is absolute.

A) True
B) False

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Italo owns one hundred acres of fertile bottomland. With respect to the land, Jana has an easement and Kessler has a profit. A right to possess the bottomland is owned by


A) Italo.
B) Jana.
C) Kessler.
D) all of the choices, in proportion to the value of their respective interests.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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A valid deed must contain words indicating an intent to convey (transfer)the property.

A) True
B) False

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Land includes the soil on the surface of the earth, but not the waters contained on it.

A) True
B) False

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An easement is the right to go onto land owned by another and take away some part of the land itself or some product of the land.

A) True
B) False

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Owen owns a farm in Pennsylvania. Owen's brother Quentin owns the subsurface rights to the farm. Either brother can pass title to what he owns


A) without the other's consent.
B) only with the other's consent.
C) only when the other also passes title to what he owns.
D) only by first offering to buy out the other's rights.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Under the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, private property may be taken for public use without "just compensation."

A) True
B) False

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Veda owns a house. In the house, on a tile floor is a throw rug and a heavy decorative urn. Most likely to meet the definition of a fixture is


A) the urn.
B) the throw rug.
C) the tile floor.
D) all of the choices.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Estes, the owner of Forest Mountain, and Gert, the tenant of a cabin on Estes's mountain, may create a fixed-term tenancy by


A) implied contract.
B) express contract.
C) any of the choices.
D) sufferance.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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To transfer the title to Olivia's warehouse to Pete by deed requires


A) Pete's signature.
B) Olivia's signature.
C) all of the choices.
D) the signatures of the building's tenants.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Mike owns a beach house in North Carolina in fee simple. This ownership interest is


A) potentially infinite in duration.
B) limited to the period of Mike's life.
C) limited to the period of the lives of Mike and his immediate heir.
D) subject to the withdrawal or recall of the previous owner.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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If the landlord sells the leased property, the tenant becomes the tenant of the new owner.

A) True
B) False

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Beck and Carli are married. Carli purchases a condominium near Downhill Ski Resort. Beck and Carli each technically own an undivided one-half interest in the condo. This is


A) a joint tenancy.
B) fee simple ownership.
C) community property.
D) illegal.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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The same restrictions that apply to an assignment of the tenant's interest in leased property apply to a sublease.

A) True
B) False

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Colleen owns a parcel of land. She tows a mobile home to the parcel and anchors it to the land near a stand of Douglas fir trees. Her real property consists of


A) the land.
B) the mobile home.
C) the trees.
D) all of the choices.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The purpose of zoning is to prevent development altogether and to limit the government's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

A) True
B) False

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Ghani owns Hillside Vineyard. Ghani conveys some of the land "to Iona for her life." Ghani has given Iona


A) a fee simple absolute.
B) a license.
C) a life estate.
D) a profit.

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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With a tenancy at will, either party can terminate the tenancy without notice.

A) True
B) False

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