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summary process

procedure allowed to enforce a claim or right in a summary manner ;specif : a procedure to repossess real property esp. from a tenant upon nonpayment or other default : a summary eviction

run

particular date] run with the land : to pass as a right or encumbrance upon the transfer of real property [the restrictive covenant ran with the land]

redemptioner

redemptioner : one that redeems ;specif : one that redeems real property under equity of redemption or right of redemption

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exclusive listing

exclusive listing a written contract giving a real estate agent the exclusive right to sell a property for a specific timeframe. Source: U.S. Department of Housing

encumbrance

(as a lien) against property ;specif : an interest or right (as an easement or a lease) in real property that may diminish the value of the estate but does not prevent the conveyance of the estate

curtesy

a husband's interest at common law in a life estate upon the death of his wife in the real property that she either solely owned or inherited provided that they bore a child capable of inheriting the … phrase par la corteysie de Engleterre (tenancy) by courtesy of (the law of) England (as opposed to natural right)] : a husband's interest at common law in a life estate upon the death of his wife in

Wrrantizare nihil aliud est, quam defendere et acquietare tenentem qui warrantum vocavit in seisina sua

the tenant who calls for warranty in his seisin.) Warranty of lands, by s. 39 of the (English) Real Property Limitation Act, 1833 (3 & 4 Wm. 4, c. 27), cannot defeat a right of entry.

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