Advantages and Disadvantages of Litigation

LEGAL ENGLISH Year Three

2. Real Property Law

Worksheet #2 Group: __________________ Name: ______________________________

 Choose the correct term for each of the following explanations:
Title interest Property interest Leasehold Grantor Estate pur autre vie Tenant Statute of Frauds License Instrument Inheritable Right of use Licensee Fee simple Conveyance Real property Life estate Fee tail Chattels Real estate Lease Grantee Disposition Trespass Rent

Personal property Landlord or landlady Heir

Freehold estate Deed

Exclusive possession

Compensation

Ex: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Rent

: Payment made to a landlord or landlady for the use of property : Personal property (excluding freeholds) : Things that are movable (as opposed to real property) and capable of being owned ( also chattels in common law) : Land and anything attached to it : Land, including anything attached to it : Person to whom the right to use property for a particular purpose is granted : Payment for performance of work or for loss sustained : Transfer of property rights in land from one person to another; instrument used to transfer title to property : A written instrument transferring ownership in property : Deposing of, parting with or otherwise giving up of property; transferring care or possession : Party who receives title to real property (e.g. the buyer) : Party who transfers (grants) title to real property (e.g. the seller) : Whole interest in a piece of real property; the broadest interest in property allowed by common law : Estate which lasts as long as the original grantee or any of his descendants live : Property whose duration of ownership or occupation is not determined : Estate granted only for the life of someone other than the grantee : Sole use and benefit of a property : Person who inherits or is entitled to inherit property on the death of another : Property which can be transferred upon death to a person designated as heir : Written formal legal document : Person who owns property and either rents or leases it to another for money

21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

: Contract for which the use and occupation of a property is conveyed to another, usually in exchange for a sum of money (rent) : Property whose duration of ownership or occupation is fixed or capable of being fixed : A right to use property for a purpose without conferring ownership or possession. Such right can be taken away at the will of the one granting the right : Estate granted only for the life of the grantee : Unlawful entry to someone’s property : Share, claim, title or rights in property : Right to specific use of property that is less than a full right of ownership : Person who has the right to hold or possess property usually in return for the payment of rent : Right to control or dispense of property or the right to ownership in property : Piece of legislation which declares that certain kinds of contract, for example those regarding land, pending marriage and the sale of goods worth over a certain amount of money, will be invalid unless put into writing and signed by both parties. The original statute was enacted in England in 1677 and serves as a basis for the US statutes

Additional Text:  Complete the passage with the words and expressions from the box
1. claim for compensation 5. issue the proceedings 9. reasonable care and skill 12. serves the claim 2. claim form 6. make a claim 10. reasonable charge 13. Small Claims 3. County Court 7. poor workmanship 4. in your favour 8. preliminary hearing

11. received satisfaction 14. specified period

Consumer Rights
If a service is being provided (for example, a mobile phone contract), and there is a __________________ for the contract, this must be clearly stated by the provider. If you buy faulty goods with a credit card, and those goods cost over £100, you have an equal __________________ against the seller of the goods and the credit card company. Where a service such as the repair of a car is being provided, it should be done with ____________________ (an unsatisfactory standard of work or general ________________ should not be accepted by the customer) for a_______________________ (the customer should not have to pay an excessive amount of money) and within a reasonable time. If you need to ___________________ against a shop, company or other provider, because you have not ___________________ from that shop, company, etc, you can do so through the __________________. For claims of less than £5,000 the __________________ procedure should be useful. The process is very simple: after completing a ____________________, you ask the court to _________________. The court then __________________ on the company or other provider. Assuming the company responds within the specified time limit, there will be a _____________________. Later, there will be a main hearing where hopefully the judge will decide _________________________.