Property

Property signifies dominion or right of use, control, and disposition which one may lawfully exercise over things, objects, or land. One of the basic dividing lines between property is that between real property and personal property. Generally, the term “real property” refers to land. Land, in its general usage, includes not only the face of the earth but everything of a permanent nature over or under it. This is FindLaw’s collection of Real and Personal Property articles, part of the Business Operations section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

Property

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Checklist If Your Association is Involved In or Contemplating Construction Defect Claim

Find out if the Board is planning on filing a claim/lawsuit relating to construction defects any time soon. Get copies of any board correspondence to ...
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City Bad Faith Plus Jury Trial Equals Verdict For Property Owners: City Of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes

As the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania once put it, "The genius of our democracy springs from the bedrock foundation on which rests the proposition that offices are held by no one whose orders, commands or directives are not subject to review." Winger ...
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Commercial Real Estate Development: New Tools for Developers

As Connecticut's real estate market recovers, our developer and lender clients should benefit from recent amendments to the Connecticut Common Interest Ownership Act ("CIOA" or the "Act") which are designed to encourage the use of the Act in ...
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Commercially Reasonable Sale

PACCAR Financial Corporation v. Mackey, 122 F.3d 1134 (8th Cir. 9/4/97). COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE SALE - After a lessee default and sale of the equipment, the lessor sued the guarantors for deficiency in the sale price of the equipment. The ...
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Commission is Recoverable when Parties Negotiate Sale After Expiration of Signed Purchase Contract

Everyone knows that real estate agents earn income by payment of commissions from closed real estate transactions. If the transaction does not close, no commission is paid. It sometimes happens that agents bring together buyers and sellers and ...
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Communicating with Your Tenant after Service of a Notice

After service of a 3-Day or 30-Day Notice, it is crucial that you keep your communications with the tenant to a minimum and that you watch carefully what you say to that tenant. In many cases, the effectiveness of your Notice can be damaged by ...
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Community Associations: An Overview

Clients do not intuitively understand the role that Community associations play in enhancing or restricting their enjoyment of home ownership. Pervasive as community living has become in New Jersey, and indeed in America, there is abundant ...
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Construction Contract Check List

This month's topic provides a cursory checklist of items for a contractor to consider prior to starting a construction project ...
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CONSUMER FRAUD: Spotting and Protecting Yourself Against It A General Primer : Home

Charitable Solicitations Door-to-Door Sales Home Repair Fraud Landlord-Tenant Law Lien-Law Telemarketing Fraud Warranties Most charities are honest and put their charitable dollars good use. However, there also are many so-called charitable ...
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Contractor: Beware of Subdivisions

If you perform work for developers of residential sub-divisions or builders of single-family homes, you may be cheated---legally---out of your rights to a mechanic's lien. Two Maryland Court of Appeals decisions, 302 Md. 270(1985) and et al., 333 ...
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