Glossary
Property law, term by term.
Plain-English definitions of the words that appear in your contract pack, your title register and your conveyancer's emails. Written by the people who use them.
4 terms
- Executor
- The person a will appoints to carry out its terms.
- Intestacy rules
- The statutory order of inheritance where there is no valid will.
- Restrictive covenant
- A promise in the title limiting what you can do with land.
- Tenants in common
- Co-owners who each hold a distinct share of the property.