SUMMARY OF CONTENTS OF EXAM TIPS

ADVERSE POSSESSION

Adverse possession generally

FREEHOLD ESTATES

Defeasible fees

Fee tails

Life estates

FUTURE INTERESTS

Grantor’s interests

Remainders

Executory interests

Rule Against Perpetuities (RAP)

CONCURRENT OWNERSHIP.

Joint tenancy

Tenancy in common

Tenancy by the entirety

Ouster

Partition

LANDLORD AND TENANT.

Tenancies – their creation and operation

Fixtures

L’s remedies if T abandons premises

Transfer

EASEMENTS AND PROMISES CONCERNING LAND

Easements, generally

Scope and use of easement

Transfer of easement

Termination of easement

Profits

Licenses

Covenants and equitable servitudes

ZONING & OTHER PUBLIC LAND-USE CONTROLS

LAND-SALE CONTRACTS, MORTGAGES & DEEDS

Land sale contracts

Mortgages

Deeds

Covenants of title

THE RECORDING SYSTEM & TITLE ASSURANCE

RIGHTS INCIDENT TO LAND