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Tagatasa

(n.) an assessor/calculator; someone who deals with estimations of property taxations

Tarangkahan

(n.) a gate; an opening in a fence or wall

Tax Declaration

Also known as the Declaration of Real Property, the Tax Declaration is a property record stating to the local Assessor's Office that taxes have been paid.

Tax Lien

A tax lien is the government's claim on your property and is placed when a taxpayer, such as a business or individual, fails to pay taxes owed.

Tax Sale

A sale of property after a period of non-payment of taxes.

Tenancy In Common

Tenancy in common is a specific type of concurrent, or simultaneous, ownership of real property by two or more parties. All tenants in common hold an individual, undivided ownership interest in the property. This means that each party has the right to alienate or transfer their ownership interest.

Tenant

A person who occupies land or property rented from a landlord.

Tenants By Entirety

Tenants by entirety (TBE) is a method in some states by which married couples can hold the title to a property. For one spouse to modify his or her interest in the property in any way, the consent of both spouses is required by tenants by entirety.

Tenement

Also called tenement house, a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city. By law, any species of permanent property, as lands, houses, rents, an office, or a franchise, that may be held of another.

Tenure in Land

The mode or manner by which a man has an estate in lands.