Affirmative waste, also referred to as voluntary waste, refers to overt and willful acts of destruction performed by a tenant or life tenant that lead to the drop in value of a piece of property by harming the property or depleting natural resources available on the property.
Also called “future-acquired property."
After-acquired title is title held by someone who bought property from a seller before the seller received title to the property, and who automatically obtained title upon the seller’s receipt of title.
Agency law is a common law doctrine controlling relationships between agents and principals. A principal-agent relationship is created when the agent is given authority to act on behalf of the principal.
An agent is a person authorized to act on behalf of another person. The party an agent is authorized to act for is known as the principal. A principal-agent relationship can either be intentionally created or created by implication through one’s actions.
For further information, see Agency Law.
Agriculture refers to the acts of farming and raising livestock. Activities that fall within agriculture include soil preparation, seed planting, crop harvesting, gardening, viticulture (growing grapes), apiculture (bee-raising), dairying, poultry, and ranching. Generally, laws grouped under the heading "agricultural law" relate to these activities as they are carried out in a commercial setting.
Alienable means transferable.
Alienation refers to the process of a property owner voluntarily giving or selling the title of their property to another party. When property is considered alienable, that means the property is able to be sold or transferred to another party without restriction.
Aliquot is derived from the Latin word meaning "divisible from a larger whole without a remainder" (i.e. divisible an exact number of times). Today, it usually means a fractional part or a share of the whole. The term aliquot is most commonly used in property law, the law of trusts (see also trust), and patent law.
Alluviation is the gradual shifting of land boundaries caused by the depositing of gravel and sediment by a moving body of water. Alluvion is the actual sediment deposited on the land (e.g., a bank or shore).
