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Escheat
Escheat The reverting of property to the state in the absence of heirs.
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Property
The rights of ownership. The right to use, possess, enjoy, and dispose of a thing in every legal way and to exclude everyone else from interfering with these rights.
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ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act)
Legislation passed in 1974 and administered by the Department of Labor that controls the investment activities primarily of corporate and union pension plans. More public pension funds are adopting ERISA-like standards.
Erosion
The gradual loss of soil due to the operation of currents, tides or winds.
Errors and omissions insurance
Malpractice insurance that protects architects, home inspectors and contractors from claims by clients for professional mistakes.
Escalation clause
A clause in a lease providing for an increased rent at a future time due to increased costs to lessor, as in cost of living index, tax increases, etc.
Escape clause
1) A contract provision relieving a party of liability for failure to perform, as where a stated contingency does not occur. 2) A clause in a proprietary lease of a tenant-stockholder that permits the tenant to surrender the stock and lease back to the cooperative association and thereby terminate continuing liability for payments due under the lease.
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Escrow
The closing of a real estate transaction through a neutral third party who holds funds and-or documents for delivery after specific conditions have been met.
Escrow account
1) An account maintained by a real estate broker, attorney, escrow agent in an insured bank for the deposit of other people's money. 2) An account maintained by the borrower with the lender in certain mortgage loans to accumulate the funds to pay an annual insurance premium, real estate tax, or a home owner's association assessment.
Escrow agent-officer
An individual qualified to perform all the steps necessary to prepare and carry out escrow instructions.
Escrow agreement
A written agreement made between an escrow agent and the parties to a contract setting forth the basic obligations of the parties, describing the money (or other things of value) to be deposited in escrow, and instructing the escrow agent concerning the disposition of the monies deposited
Escrow analysis
Once each year your lender will perform an "escrow analysis" to make sure they are collecting the correct amount of money for the anticipated expenditures.
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