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CONCURRENT OWNERSHIPThe ownership of property by two or more people. | |
CONDEMNATIONThe process by which property of a private owner is taken for public use, with just compensation to the owner, under the right of eminent domain. | |
CONDITIONAL SALE - Civil Law TermA sale which includes conditions. | |
CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIPThe individual outright ownership of a single unit in a multi-unit property together with an interest in the common elements of that property. | |
CONFESSION OF JUDGMENT - Civil Law Term | |
CONFUSION - Civil Law TermThe merging of ownership of both dominant and servient estates by the same person. | |
CONSIDERATIONValuable consideration, a promise or an act of legal value bargained for and received in return for a promise; good consideration, love and affection. | |
CONSTRUCTION LOANA short term loan for building or repairing properties allowing the disbursement of funds at designated intervals as the work progresses. | |
CONSTRUCTIVE EVICTIONBreach of the covenant warranting quiet enjoyment in a lease; when a landlord performs an act depriving the tenant of quiet enjoyment of the premises thereby causing the tenant to move. | |
CONSTRUCTIVE NOTICENotice given by the public records; legal notice. | |