TSSE JUNE Exam Questions With Revised
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Clear title - answerA title that is free of liens and legal questions as to ownership of the
property.
Civil Law - answerDefines boundaries of real estate from public domain prior to 1840.
Found in Spanish, Mexican, and Republic of Texas archives.
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Clear title - answer✔✔A title that is free of liens and legal questions as to ownership of the
property.
Civil Law - answer✔✔Defines boundaries of real estate from public domain prior to 1840.
Found in Spanish, Mexican, and Republic of Texas archives.
Deed of Trust - answer✔✔Deed to real property, gives the creditor rights to sell the property, in
case of default, through a third party, used to secure lenders against loss similar to a mortgage
Easement - answer✔✔The right to use the land of another for a particular purpose. An interest in
which one person has the land of another.
Fee - answer✔✔State of inheritance in real property
Reliction - answer✔✔Gradual recession of water which uncovers land that usually belongs to the
riparian owner.
Mexican Colonization Law of 1824 - answer✔✔Foreigners could settle on vacant public land in
Mexico
Mexico: 1821-1836 - answer✔✔Period of Mexican Land Grants in Texas after Mexico won
independence from Spain
Texas: 1720-1821 - answer✔✔Period of Spanish Land Grants in Texas
Pre-emption Act - answer✔✔Allowed those who settled on public land to purchase up to 320
acres of land if improved. 1845-1854.
First-class Headrights - answer✔✔Arrived before signing of Texas Declaration of Independence
3/2/1836
How much acreage for First-class Headrights - answer✔✔Head of families: 1 League 1 Labor
Single men: 1/3 League
Second-class headrights - answer✔✔Arrived between Texas independence (1836) and 1837.
Live in Texas for 3 years to qualify.
How much acreage for Second-class headrights - answer✔✔Head of families: 1280 acres
Single men: 640 acres
County Commissioners - answer✔✔Responsible for classification of public lands from 1895-
1905
Indispensable evidence - answer✔✔is that which must exist. A deed is indispensable in claims of
title.
Primary evidence - answer✔✔Original evidence; most certain
Color of Title - answer✔✔Some plausible but not completely clear-cut indication of ownership
rights. Not properly recorded or only exists in writing
Common Law Dedication - answer✔✔Expressed by written document or intentional act. May be
implied if reasonable acts infer intentions.
NGS Elevation Accuracy: Third Order - answer✔✔2.0 X Square root of miles
Island Ownership: Avulsion - answer✔✔Original owner
Island Ownership: Accretion - answer✔✔The state
Adverse Possession - answer✔✔The actual, open, notorious, hostile, and continuous possession
of another's land under a claim of title. Possession for a statutory period may be a means of
acquiring title.
Adverse Possession: Actual - answer✔✔Acted as owner of property in question
Adverse Possession: Open/Notorious - answer✔✔The possession must be of the sort of
possession that the usual owner would make under the circumstances
Adverse Possession: Hostile - answer✔✔Adverse possessor must possess land without owner's
permission and with intent to claim land as his own
Adverse Possession: Continuous - answer✔✔Possession to the degree that the average owner
would make
Adverse Possession: Exclusive - answer✔✔Possession cannot be shared with the true owner.
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