When researching land deeds it is important to understand the difference between a grant or patent, and a deed. Agrantis the first transfer of a piece of property from some government entity into the hands of an individual, so if your ancestor acquired land by grant or patent then he was ...
Under the English system, a married woman could not own land in her own name, but with her dower rights, she could veto the sale of the land. Many early deed transcripts will include an affidavit in which a wife was interviewed privately by the court clerk to determine if she was in ...
Warranty deeds are rarely used outside of the sale context. If a grantor is giving property away, the grantor is usually not comfortable providing a full warranty of title that would make the grantor liable for unknown title issues. This is especially the case if the parties will not purchase...
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It masterminded the sale of stock of the Rockefeller Center, and in the 1980s, shepherded the conversion of the failed Soviet Union’s assets. Thanks to Goldman Sachs’ “privatization” scam, former KGB and Communist Party bigwigs—Jews, naturally—ended up with almost all the vast property...