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A right in rem or a judgment in rem binds the world as opposed to rights and judgments inter partes which only bind those involved in their creation. Originally, the notion of in rem jurisdiction arose in situations in which property was identified but the owner was unknown. Courts fell into the practice of styling a case not as "John Doe ...
Swampland in Florida is a figure of speech referring to real estate scams in which a seller misrepresents unusable swampland as developable property. These types of unseen property scams became widely known in the United States in the 20th century, and the phrase is often used metaphorically for any scam that misrepresents what is being sold.
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) is the agency charged with licensing and regulating more than 1.6 million businesses and professionals in the State of Florida, such as alcohol, beverage & tobacco, barbers/cosmetologists, condominiums, spas, hotels and restaurants, real estate agents and appraisers, and veterinarians, among many other industries.
A real estate license is an authorization issued by a government body to give agents and brokers the legal authority to represent a home seller or buyer in a real estate transaction. Real estate agents and real estate brokers are required to be licensed when conducting real estate transactions in the United States and in a small number of other ...
A group of Chinese citizens living in Florida, as well as a real estate firm working mostly with Asian and Asian American clients, questioned the law in the Sunshine State, claiming it was ...
Ius in re, or jus in re, under civil law, more commonly referred to as a real right or right in rem, is a right in property, known as an interest under common law. A real right vests in a person with respect to property, inherent in his relation to it, and is good against the world ( erga omnes ).
A Florida homeowners’ association (HOA) is using a legal loophole to bypass a state law and prevent homeowners in its community from parking their pickup trucks or work vehicles in their driveways.
Passengers in truck beds are at risk of falling out of the bed when the vehicle hits a bump or swerves to avoid an obstruction in the road. If the pickup is rear ended, those in the truck bed can ...