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Table of Contents

I. Acquisition of Property                                                                                                                   1
A. Acquisition of Property by Discovery                                                                                               1
B. Acquisition of Property by Capture                                                                                                   1

II. Acquisition by Adverse Possession                                                                                                 3

III. Possessory Estates                                                                                                                           7
A. Present Possessory Estates                                                                                                                 7
B. Defeasible Estates                                                                                                                             10
C. Future Interests                                                                                                                                 12
D.  Rule Against Perpetuities                                                                                                                  15

IV. Co­Ownership                                                                                                                                 18
A. Strawman                                                                                                                                          19
D. Partition                                                                                                                                             20
E. Rights & Duties of Co­Tenants                                                                                                         21
H. Marital Interests                                                                                                                                 23

V. Landlord­Tenant Law                                                                                                                    26
A. Leasehold Estates                                                                                                                              26
B. Selection of Tenants (Unlawful Discrimination)                                                                               28
C. Subleases and Assignments                                                                                                               30
D. Tenant Obligations and Landlord Remedies (TN who defaults)                                                        33/39
E. Landlord Obligations and Tenant Remedies (LL who defaults)                                                         35

VI. Land Transactions                                                                                                                          40
A. Warranty of Title                                                                                                                               44
B. Deeds                                                                                                                                                46
C.  Mortgages                                                                                                                                         48

VII. Title Assurance                                                                                                                                50
A. Recording System                                                                                                                             51

VIII. Law of Nuisance                                                                                                                              53

IX. Law of Servitudes (Private Land Use Controls)                                                                            57
A. Covenants Running with the Land                                                                                                     61
B. Restrictive Covenants in Condominiums and Cooperatives                                                              63/65

X. Intervention of Public Law ­ Zoning and Eminent Domain                                                          66
A. Eminent Domain                                                                                                                               69