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Suit for specific performance
Suit for specific performance If a seller breaches a real estate contract, the buyer may sue for specific performance. The buyer asks the court to force the seller to go through with the sale and convey the property as previously agreed.
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Estate
The ownership interest of a person in real property, also used to refer to a deceased person's property.
Contract
A legal agreement between entities that requires each to conduct (or refrain from conducting) certain activities.
Performance
The quarterly changes in fund or account values attributable to investment income, realized or unrealized appreciation, and the total gross return to the investors both before and after investment management fees.
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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Suit for possession
A court suit initiated by a landlord to evict a tenant from leased premises after the tenant has breached one of the terms of the lease or has held possession of the property after the lease's expiration.
Suit to quiet title
A court action intended to establish or settle the title to a particular property, especially when there is a cloud on the title.
Suita property
Property in Suita, Japan. Apartments, flats, houses, offices and other property in Suita.
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Subsurface rights
Ownership rights in a parcel of real estate to the water, minerals, gas, oil and so forth that lie beneath the surface of the property.
Subterfuge
A clever trick or strategy used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.
Subterranean termites
A type of termite that nests underground.
Successors
Those who succeed to or to whom the corporation's rights in the property are transferred.
Suit for possession
A court suit initiated by a landlord to evict a tenant from leased premises after the tenant has breached one of the terms of the lease or has held possession of the property after the lease's expiration.
Suit for specific performance
Suit to quiet title
A court action intended to establish or settle the title to a particular property, especially when there is a cloud on the title.
Sump
A reservoir that collects and holds water or some other liquid, which is subsequently disposed of by using a pump.
Sump pump
A pump that moves water from a basement sump pit.
Superfund
Popular name of the hazardous waste cleanup fund established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended by the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA).
Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA)
An amendatory statute that contains stronger cleanup standards for contaminated sites, increased funding for Superfund and clarifications of lender liability and innocent landowner immunity.
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