Fundamentals of Survey (FS exam) Technical/Legal Terms 2024 /2025 passed

Fundamentals of Survey (FS exam) Technical/Legal TermsDeed - correct answer The official document transferring ownership from seller to buyer Warranty Deed - correct 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 - correct answer A deposit of clay, silt, sand, and gravel left by flowing streams in a river valley or delta, typically producing fertile soil. Prescription - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer A conveyance by which the grantor transfers whatever interest he or she has in the real estate, without warranties or obligations. Lien - correct answer A claim or charge against property for the payment of a debt. Aquiescence (Surveying) - correct answer Evidence that parties agree to establish a boundary line as true. Patent - correct answer An instrument from which a sovereign conveys land. Government grant of land Escheat - correct 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 - correct answer Something placed in the keeping of a third party for delivery to a given party upon fulfillment of certain conditions. Equity - correct answer Excess of the market value over any debts Avulsion - correct answer Sudden change in course of a river or stream. Acclivity - correct answer Upward slope declivity - correct answer Downward slope Reliction - correct answer Gradual recession of water which uncovers land that usually belongs to the riparian owner. Plat - correct answer Scaled diagram showing boundaries of a tract of land or subdivision. May constitute a legal description of the land. Hiatus - correct answer Area between two surveys of record described as having one or more boundary line with no omissions. Ingress - correct answer Right or permission to enter upon a property Escrow Agent - correct answer The neutral third party holding funds or something of value in trust for another or others. Grant - correct answer Transfer of real property