Louisiana Real Estate- Civil Law
The Louisiana Civil Law System is based on the ____. - ANS-Napoleonic Code
Unharvested fruits and crops when they belong to a person other than the owner of the land
____? - ANS-Movables by anticipation
Things are considered permanently attached to a building or other construction if they cannot be
removed without substantial damage to themselves or damage to the immovable to which they
are attached ____. - ANS-Component by attachment
French unit of measure about equal to 5/6 of an acre (192 feet) - ANS-Arpent
How many meridians and baselines? What are their names? - ANS-2 Meridians; 1 Baselines
Louisiana and St. Helena Meridian
One baseline
The right to use a thing, and to exclude other from using it ____ - ANS-Usus
The owner of a thing owns the fruits produced by the thing that comes from exploiting and
enjoying the thing, such as rents and royalties and natural fruits such as crops and timber ___?
- ANS-Fructus
The right to alienate of dispose of the thing. It includes consuming it, giving it away, selling it,
and encumbering it by mortgage or pledge ____. - ANS-Abusus
A person who owns both the usus and the fructose owns the _____ - ANS-Usufruct
The owner of the remaining right, the abusus is the ____ - ANS-Naked ownership
_____ is a charge of a thing in favor of a person, there are 3 kinds ____, ____, ____ -
ANS-Personal Servitude;
Usufruct, habitation and right of use
The owner of the usufruct is called the ____ - ANS-Usufructuary
______ is a charge on a servant estate for the benefit of a dominant estate and is similar to
easement appurtenant under the common law. - ANS-Predial Servitude
_____ - A servitude may be acquired by acquisitive prescription, that is by peaceable and
uninterrupted possession of the right for ___ years in good faith and with just title or by
uninterrupted possession for ___ years without good faith or just title. - ANS-Prescription
, 10 years with good faith
30 years without good faith
____ - When the same person acquires both the dominant the servant estates, the predial
servitude ceases to exist. - ANS-Confusion
In Louisiana a limited partnership is often called ____ - ANS-Partnership in commendam
What are the two forms of donations? - ANS-Donations Inter Vivos and Donations Mortis Causa
Donations between living persons are ____ - ANS-Donations Inter Vivos
Another name for a will ____ - ANS-Donations Mortis Causa
_____ is a type of will which is written, dated and signed by the testator or testatrix in his or her
own handwriting. - ANS-Olographic will
_____ is a type of will which is written, usually typed, and signed by the testator in the presence
of a notary and two witnesses. AKA statutory will - ANS-Notarial will
_____ the acquisition of the willed property, or succession by the legal heir or the testamentary
heir, and it occurs immediately upon death, even if the heir does not know of the death. -
ANS-Seizin
_____ occurs when there is a will - ANS-Testate succession
____ occurs when there is no will - ANS-Intestate succession
___ those who inherit. - ANS-Successors
____ testate successors, those named in a will to inherit - ANS-Legatees
___ intestate successors, those who inherit when there is no will - ANS-Heirs
_____ the natural build up of soil along the bank of a river or stream, whether navigable or not. -
ANS-Alluvion
_____ owner on a non-navigable river or stream owns to the middle of the bed. - ANS-Riparian
rights
______ the right of power of the government to take private property for public use upon paying
just compensation. - ANS-Eminent domain
The Louisiana Civil Law System is based on the ____. - ANS-Napoleonic Code
Unharvested fruits and crops when they belong to a person other than the owner of the land
____? - ANS-Movables by anticipation
Things are considered permanently attached to a building or other construction if they cannot be
removed without substantial damage to themselves or damage to the immovable to which they
are attached ____. - ANS-Component by attachment
French unit of measure about equal to 5/6 of an acre (192 feet) - ANS-Arpent
How many meridians and baselines? What are their names? - ANS-2 Meridians; 1 Baselines
Louisiana and St. Helena Meridian
One baseline
The right to use a thing, and to exclude other from using it ____ - ANS-Usus
The owner of a thing owns the fruits produced by the thing that comes from exploiting and
enjoying the thing, such as rents and royalties and natural fruits such as crops and timber ___?
- ANS-Fructus
The right to alienate of dispose of the thing. It includes consuming it, giving it away, selling it,
and encumbering it by mortgage or pledge ____. - ANS-Abusus
A person who owns both the usus and the fructose owns the _____ - ANS-Usufruct
The owner of the remaining right, the abusus is the ____ - ANS-Naked ownership
_____ is a charge of a thing in favor of a person, there are 3 kinds ____, ____, ____ -
ANS-Personal Servitude;
Usufruct, habitation and right of use
The owner of the usufruct is called the ____ - ANS-Usufructuary
______ is a charge on a servant estate for the benefit of a dominant estate and is similar to
easement appurtenant under the common law. - ANS-Predial Servitude
_____ - A servitude may be acquired by acquisitive prescription, that is by peaceable and
uninterrupted possession of the right for ___ years in good faith and with just title or by
uninterrupted possession for ___ years without good faith or just title. - ANS-Prescription
, 10 years with good faith
30 years without good faith
____ - When the same person acquires both the dominant the servant estates, the predial
servitude ceases to exist. - ANS-Confusion
In Louisiana a limited partnership is often called ____ - ANS-Partnership in commendam
What are the two forms of donations? - ANS-Donations Inter Vivos and Donations Mortis Causa
Donations between living persons are ____ - ANS-Donations Inter Vivos
Another name for a will ____ - ANS-Donations Mortis Causa
_____ is a type of will which is written, dated and signed by the testator or testatrix in his or her
own handwriting. - ANS-Olographic will
_____ is a type of will which is written, usually typed, and signed by the testator in the presence
of a notary and two witnesses. AKA statutory will - ANS-Notarial will
_____ the acquisition of the willed property, or succession by the legal heir or the testamentary
heir, and it occurs immediately upon death, even if the heir does not know of the death. -
ANS-Seizin
_____ occurs when there is a will - ANS-Testate succession
____ occurs when there is no will - ANS-Intestate succession
___ those who inherit. - ANS-Successors
____ testate successors, those named in a will to inherit - ANS-Legatees
___ intestate successors, those who inherit when there is no will - ANS-Heirs
_____ the natural build up of soil along the bank of a river or stream, whether navigable or not. -
ANS-Alluvion
_____ owner on a non-navigable river or stream owns to the middle of the bed. - ANS-Riparian
rights
______ the right of power of the government to take private property for public use upon paying
just compensation. - ANS-Eminent domain
