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Assignment is the legal term for the transfer of rights to property or money from one person to another. See more »
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Assignment
Assignment is the legal term for the transfer of rights to property or money from one person to another.
See more »Attachment
Attachment is the legal term for a court order to seize a person or a person's property.
See more »Conveyancing
Conveyancing is the legal procedure for transferring real property from one owner to another.
See more »Eminent domain
Eminent domain, in the United States, is the power of a government to take private property for public use.
See more »Escrow
Escrow, EHS kroh, is cash, a document, or other property given to one person for delivery to someone else when a certain condition is met.
See more »Eviction
Eviction, in law, is an action that deprives a tenant of the use of leased premises, such as an apartment or an office.
See more »Fixture
Fixture, in law, refers to personal property that has been affixed to houses, land, or other real estate.
See more »Garnishment
Garnishment is a legal process by which the credits or property of a debtor, in the hands of a third party, may be held for payment of debts.
See more »Joint tenancy
Joint tenancy is the ownership of a piece of property by two or more people.
See more »Lease
Lease is an agreement that gives one person or company the right to possess property owned by another person or company.
See more »Lien
Lien, leen, is a legal claim that one person has on the property of another as security for debt.
See more »Occupancy
Occupancy, OK yuh puhn see, is a legal method by which a person or nation acquires title to something that no one else owns.
See more »Personal property
Personal property is one of the two classes into which all property may be divided.
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