LEGAL ASPECTS OF CODE ADMINISTRATION PRACTICE
Metes and bounds - Answer-A way of measuring by establishing a starting point, such as a designated landmark, distances, and directions
Micro Zoning - Answer-Spot Zoning
Ministerial Act - Answer-A deed performed under the authority, polices and...
LEGAL ASPECTS OF CODE
ADMINISTRATION PRACTICE 2024-2025
Metes and bounds - Answer-A way of measuring by establishing a starting point, such
as a designated landmark, distances, and directions
Micro Zoning - Answer-Spot Zoning
Ministerial Act - Answer-A deed performed under the authority, polices and procedures
of a superior
Misfeasance - Answer-The improper performance of some act that a person may
lawfully do
Negative Easement - Answer-Restricts a landowner from using a portion of their land
Negligence - Answer-Involves conduct that was not intended to cuase harm or injury
Nonconforming Use - Answer-A structure that complied with zoning ordinances at the
time it was built but no longer conforms to regulations
Nonfeasance - Answer-The nonperformance of some act that a person is obligated or
has responisbility
Owner in arrears - Answer-When a purchaser fails to stay current with his or her
payment obligations under the mortgage
owner persona - Answer-A person who is the owner of any fixed property or fixtures
Partition Walls - Answer-A wall built to separate interior spaces
Party Wall - Answer-A wall erected on an interior lot line as a common support to a
structure on both sides, under different ownerships, for the benefit of both in supporting
the structure
Permanent Injunction - Answer-A judicial order prohibiting specfied conduct
Permissive use - Answer-Property Owners allowance of someone to come onto his or
her land without considering it a trespass
per se - Answer-Means 'in itself'
, Plaintiff - Answer-a person who files a lawsuit
Planned unit development - Answer-A specialized type of subdivison that describes a
largescale real estate
Plat - Answer-A map giving the legal descriptions of the property line by lot street and
block number. It also shows all blocks, lots and street dimensions.
Plot plan - Answer-A survey that shows all utilies on the property as well as the
setbacks for the proposed structure
Police Powers - Answer-The power of the stats to adopt laws to protect and promote the
health, safety, morals, and general welfare of its citizens
Preemption - Answer-A judicially created doctrine that says that a state may not pass a
law that is inconsistent with federal laws
Preponderance of the Evidence - Answer-A standard of proof. This standard is met
when the evidence is of greater weight or more convincing than the evidence that is
offered to oppose it
Probable Cause - Answer-A reasonable ground for belief in certain alleged Facts
Procedural due process - Answer-parties whose rights are to be affected are entitled to
be heard
Public duty doctrine - Answer-A doctrine that provides that a plaintiff who alleges
inadequate performance of a governmental activity has the burden to show that the
municipality owed a specific duty
Public Easements - Answer-A public right of way
Real Estate - Answer-A parcel of land and any items permanently affixed to is, such as
a house, an inground pool, or a fence
Redirect - Answer-An examination of a witness by the direct examiner. The questions
on redirect must be limited to the scope of the cross examination
Regulation - Answer-A rule established by a government agency having the force and
effect of law even thought the rule is not set forth explicitly in the statue
respondeat superior - Answer-A doctrine that states that the master or employer is liable
for the wrongful acts of his servant
Restrictive Covenant - Answer-Limits the use of the property and prohibits certain uses
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