| A | B |
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| Property | Rights and interests in things that society allows people to claim |
| Title | Rights to ultimate ownership |
| Ownership | a bundle of rights including title and allowing one full enjoyment of something |
| Possession | Right of immediate control or power over something to achieve a result |
| Alienation | Right to do away with something |
| Real property | Rights and interests in land, building, and fixtures |
| Fixtures | Tangible, moveable things that become permanently attached to land and buildings |
| Donor | Person giving property |
| Donee | Recipient of property |
| Constructive delivery | Representative action of a physical delivery |
| Heirs | Inheritors |
| Testate | Dying with a bona fide will |
| Intestate | Dying without a will |
| Decendent | One who has died |
| Estate | Decedent's property |
| Valid will | Having been made by someone with mental capacity, clear intent, in writing |
| Escheat | Estate that reverts to the state in the absence of heirs |
| Adverse possession | Acquiring land by continuous, visible occupation for a time without consent of owner |
| Eminent domain | Power of a state to take real property for public use |
| Dedication | Offering private property for use or ownership to a governmental body |
| Accession | Right to an increase in the value of property |
| Lost property | Property that is truly lost |
| Mislaid property | Property placed somewhere but then forgotten |
| Ownership in severalty | One person holds all property rights and interests |
| Co-ownership | Parties have equal rights to possession and the right to partition |
