Alienation
Alienation is the voluntary transfer of realty.

Alluvion
A kind of accretion on riparian land by action of water which deposits sediment.

Beneficiary
A beneficiary is someone that inherited property through the will of someone else.

Quiet title
A quiet title is a court order to establish title and remove a cloud on the title.

Patent
With a patent the Federal Government conveys public land to individuals.

Audit
An audit is the examination of real estate transaction records in order to verify accuracy.

Realty
Realty is synonymous for real estate or real property.

Cash value
Cash value refers to the amount of money a piece of property will bring shortly after brought to the open market.

Constructive notice
A constructive notice is also called a legal notice and presumes that everybody has knowledge of a recorded instrument.

Rancho
Grants of land to individuals dating back to the Spanish-Mexican governments.