Gift Deed No Consideration Solves All
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Real Property1
Example wrong choices
17058_advent_honey_parcel · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice AMartha, because holding the signed instrument gave her automatic authority to fill an empty grantee line.
Why it's attractive
A student sees Martha holding the signed paper and treats custody as power over the document. The breaker is that the stem expressly denies authority and the answer overclaims with automatic authority.
Why it's wrong
The choice overclaims that custody automatically supplies authority, despite the stem's no-authority fact.
Spot it next time
Underline 'no authority' and distrust 'automatic authority.'
17058_advent_honey_parcel · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice CMartha, because a deed can transfer land without consideration.
Why it's attractive
A student remembers that a deed can be a gift and does not need consideration. The breaker is that payment is not the defect; the blank grantee and unauthorized completion are.
Why it's wrong
The choice addresses consideration, not the blank-grantee and authority defect.
Spot it next time
Ask whether the answer explains the blank grantee and later unauthorized completion.
17058_advent_honey_parcel · REAL_PROPERTY · Choice DMartha, because Paul signed the instrument and Martha later recorded it.
Why it's attractive
A student treats signed plus recorded as enough because recording sounds official. The breaker is the Silver Key: validity at delivery comes before recording.
Why it's wrong
The choice addresses signature and recording, not the deed-validity gate.
Spot it next time
Apply SK-REAL_PROPERTY-DEED-GATE-01.
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