Alabama Code > Title 35 > Chapter 4 > Article 1 – General Provisions


§ 35-4-1	Who may convey lands by deed or will
§ 35-4-2	Estate taken as fee simple unless expressly limited
§ 35-4-3	Fee tail converted into fee simple
§ 35-4-5	Conveyance to avoid perpetuities
§ 35-4-6	Maximum term of leasehold estate; acknowledgment or approval and recordation of leases for more than 20 years
§ 35-4-7	Survivorship between joint tenants
§ 35-4-8	Posthumous children included in “heirs,” “issue,” or “children.”
§ 35-4-9	Ownership of title instruments

Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Probate: Proving a will
property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
writing: includes typewriting and printing on paper. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1