| Settlement/Title Description | Settlement/Title Definition |
| When the title company turns earnest money over to court due to a dispute between buyer and seller this is an... | Interpleader Action |
| Real estate distributed by descent statutes after deceased owner died intestate is called... | Descent or Intestate Succession |
| The person who receives property by will is... | Devisee |
| The transfer of real property by will is... | Devise |
| When a court determines the validity of a will or the order of descent if there is no will it it called... | Probate |
| When a person dies without leaving a will it is called... | Intestate |
| When a person dies with a will it is called... | Testate |
| A formal declaration made before a notary public or duly authorized officer, by the person who has signed the document itself is an... | Acknowledged Deed |
| A history of all recorded instruments that has affected title to a property is an... | Abstract of title |
| Proof in the form of documents that seller conveys legal title is... | Title evidence |
| Ownership history of a property from creation is called... | Chain of title |
| The dividing of all the costs proportionally between the buyer and seller is... | Pro-rating |
| A recorded document indicating the sale price of the property and signed by the buyer and seller for tax purposes is an... | Affidavit of legal value |
| Arrangment in which money and or documents are then transferred by escrow agent, according to purchase and sale agreement is called... | Escrow |
| Person who is named in will to carry out the deceased person's wishes is an... | Excecutor |
| The actual, open, notorious, hostile and continuous possession of another's land is... | Adverse Possession (layman's terms=squatter's rights) |
| When seller delivers title to the buyer in exchange for the purchase price this is a... | Closing |
