{"id":12079,"date":"2018-01-14T23:42:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T23:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=12079"},"modified":"2018-05-22T18:30:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T18:30:13","slug":"encumbrance-an-interest-attached-to-real-property-that-may-lessen-its-value-such-as-a-lien-mortgage-or-easement-any-property-right-that-is-not-an-ownership-interest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=12079","title":{"rendered":"encumbrance – any property right (claim or liability) that is not ownership interest (e.g.. lien, mortgage, easement), attached to real property (or the title or record thereof), that may lessen its value"},"content":{"rendered":"

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encumbrance<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nn. (16c)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. A claim or liability that is attached to property or some other right and that may lessen its value, such as a lien or mortgage; any property right that is not an ownership interest.\u00a0 *\u00a0 An encumbrance cannot <\/span><\/strong><\/span>defeat the transfer of possession, but it remains after the property or right is transferred.<\/strong> \u2014 Also spelled<\/span> incumbrance<\/strong><\/span><\/em>. \u2014<\/span> encumber<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, vb<\/em>. [1]<\/span>
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1. Literally a hindrance, impediment, or obstruction, such as an object in a highway.<\/span> 25 Am J1st High \u00a7 272<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The significance in the law is that of any right to, or interest in land conveyed, which may subsist in a third party, to the diminution of the value of the land, but at the same time consistent with the passage of the fee thereto.<\/span> 20 Am 12d Cov \u00a7 81<\/span>; 55 Am J1st V & P \u00a7 225<\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Including whatever charges, burdens, obstructs, or impairs the use of the land, depreciates it in value, or impedes its transfer, such as a lien, a mortgage, deed of trust, or an easement.<\/span> Anno: 57 ALR 1376<\/span>; 55 Am J 1st V & P \u00a7 225<\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cEncumbrances\u201d fall into two general classes:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(1) Those which affect or relate to the title or the record thereof, and<\/span>
\n(2) those which affect or relate to the actual physical conditions upon the realty such as a path or roadway indicating a servitude.<\/span> Anno: 64 ALR 1480<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The application of the term \u201cencumbrance\u201d is almost invariably made to real estate, although it would seem entirely proper to speak of a chattel mortgage or lien upon personal property as an \u201cencumbrance.\u201d<\/strong>
\n<\/span>See covenant against encumbrances<\/em>. [2]
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. An interest in land that exists in someone other than the owner of the land.\u00a0 It reduces the value of the land, but does not prevent the owner from transferring marketable title.\u00a0 EXAMPLES: a lien, a mortgage, an easement.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Any hindrance or impediment.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Excerpt from John Salmond’s Jurisprudence<\/em><\/a> (Glanville L. Williams ed., 10th ed. 1947):<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<\/span>Encumbrances are not confined to the law of property, but pertain to the law of obligations also.\u00a0 Choses in ac<\/span><\/strong>tion may be mortgaged, settled in trust, or otherwise made the subject-matter of jura in re aliena, no less than land and chattels.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/strong> [4]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UCC \u00a7 9-102(a)(32)<\/a>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201c<\/span>\u2018Encumbrance\u2019 means a right, other than an ownership interest, in real property. The term includes mortgages and other liens on real property.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
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mesne<\/span> (“meen”) encumbrance<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong> An intermediate encumbrance; an encumbrance that first occurred both earlier and later than other encumbrances.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

encumbrance<\/span> –<\/strong> (1858) One having a legal claim, such as a lien or mortgage, against property.<\/span><\/p>\n

encumbrancer<\/span> – The holder of an incumbrance; as a person who holds a mortgage. A person who has <\/span><\/strong>a legal claim upon an estate. Warden v Sabins<\/em>, 36 Kan 165, 169<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[4]: [4]: John Salmond, Jurisprudence<\/em><\/a> 435-36 n.(k) (Glanville L. Williams ed., 10th ed. 1947).<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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