N.Y. Real Property Law 255 – Construction of grant of appurtenances and of all the rights and estate of grantor
§ 255. Construction of grant of appurtenances and of all the rights and estate of grantor. In any grant or mortgage of freehold interests in real estate, the words, "together with the appurtenances and all the estate and rights of the grantor in and to said premises," must be construed as meaning, together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof, and also all the estate, right, title, interest, dower and right of dower, curtesy and right of curtesy, property, possession, claim and demand whatsoever, both in law and in equity, of the said grantor of, in and to the said granted premises and every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances.
Terms Used In N.Y. Real Property Law 255
- Dower: A widow
- Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.