Tag: Connecticut
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Security Agreement
Means an agreement that creates or provides for a security interest. General Statutes of Connecticut (U.S.) § 42a-9-102(a)(73) (2011)….
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Spot Zoning
This court has held that ‘spot zoning is the ‘reclassification of a small area of land (more in the U.S.) in such a manner as to disturb the tenor of the surrounding neighborhood.’. . . . Two elements must be satisfied before spot zonin…
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Judgment Lien
A lien on property, arising from the operation of law as a result of judgment rendered by a court of record. Not a lien known to common law but one created by statutes. See Morsell v First Nat. Bank, 91 U.S. 357, 23 L.Ed. 436. The origin of a judgment lien is said to be…
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Estate for Life
One who enjoys a life tenancy in real property (more in the United States here), regardless of the manner in which that tenancy was created, is by statute (§ 12-48) liable for taxes on that property notwithsta…
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Alimony
Legal Definition and Related Resources of AlimonyMeaning of AlimonyAlimony Alternative DefinitionMoney paid for aliment or support. The allowance which a husband, by order of court, pays to his wife, living separate […]
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Fee Simple
The greatest estate that any person can have in land under the common law. The holder of an estate in fee simple has absolute power of disposition and, if he dies intestate, the estate descends to his heirs. While in modern times an estate in fee simple is created in grants by the wo^ in…
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Littoral Rights
The term ‘riparian rights’ refers to the rights of owner (more in the United States)s of land (more in the U.S.) abutting a stream, while the term ‘littoral rights’ refers to the rig…
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Tax Sale
A sale of lands for the nonpayment of taxes assessed thereon. A sale made in a proceeding in rem. 108 111. 334. …
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Riparian Rights
Rights which are connected with or follow the ownership of the shores or banks of streams and rivers or any nontitled water course ; the rights of owners of the shores or banks of the seas or lakes are known as littoral rights. See Johnson v McCowen, (Fla.App.)348 So.2d357. These are […]
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Warranty Deed
One which contains covenants of warranty. …
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Market Rent
A trial court is vested with broad discretion in municipal tax appeals to determine true and actual value, and ‘has the right to accept so much of the expert testimony and the recognized appraisal methods which are employed as it finds applicable.’ John F. Epina Realty, Inc. v. Space […]
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Statutory Lien
We adopt this prudent approach and, as discussed above, conclude that Connecticut’s statutory scheme regarding postjudgment procedures, as well as Connecticut case law applying these procedures, dictates that judgment liens are not statutory liens_ as contemplated by the homestead […]
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Quitclaim Deed
A deed entitled ‘Quitclaim Deed’, when duly executed, has the force and effect of a conveyance to the releasee of all the releasor’s right, title and interest in and to the property described therein except as otherwise limited therein, but without any covenants of title. A […]
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Birth Certificate
Of adopted persons born in this state. Upon receipt of the record of adoption referred to in subsection (e) of section 45a-745 or of other evidence satisfactory to the department that a person born in this state has been adopted, the department shall prepare a new birth certificate of such […]