Appurtenances	- Rights or privileges, or minor property incidental to principal property.
Articles of Agreement	- Contract between parties.
Assign	- Transfer of certain rights or interests in property (verb).
Assignment	- Transfer of certain rights or interests in property (noun).
Chain	- 66 feet, or 4 rods (or perches).
Consideration	- Amount of money paid for property.
Conveyance	- Contract transferring ownership or title.
Deed	- Document transferring land from one person another.
Defendant	- Person against whom action is brought.
Description	- That part of a deed describing the boundaries of a tract of land.
Et al	- et alii - "and others"
Et ux	- et uxor - "and wife"
Fee simple	- Unqualified ownership of real estate.
Fee tail	- Estate limited in inheritance to a specified individual, group or class of heirs (not common in U.S.).
Grantee (or Warrantee)	- Person receiving or buying property.
Grantor (or Warrantor)	- Person conveying or selling property.
Hereditaments	- Property that can be inherited.
Indenture	- A deed.
Link	- 7.92 inches, or 1/100th of a chain.
Patent	- Grant of land by the state to an individual/s.
Patentee	- One who received the patent.
Perch	- 16.5 feet or one rod - linear measure, sometimes called a pole - 1 square rod=30.25 sq. yards, 160 sq. rods-1 acre.
Petition to Partition Real Estate	- Request to Court to value and divide real estate.
Plaintiff	- Person bringing Legal Action.
Public Domain Lands	- Lands given under grants of the U.S. in the west. Are described by range, township & section.
Quiet Title	- Action to clear title to real estate.
Quit Claim	- Transfer of rights to property.
Recital	- References in a deed to previous ownership.
Seized	- Legal possession of land.
Survey	- Drawing of a tract of land.
Warrant	- Authorization for a survey.
Warantee	- Person receiving the warrant.

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