The following terms were found in the Real Estate Glossary beginning with the letter - ( D). Please review the terms below.

Dedicate:  To appropriate private property to public ownership for a public use.

Deed:  A legal instrument transferring title to real property from the seller to the buyer upon the sale of such property.

Deed In Lieu Of Foreclosure:  A deed given by an owner/borrower to a lender to satisfy a mortgage debt and avoid foreclosure.

Deed Of Trust:  An instrument used in many states in place of a mortgage by which real property is transferred to a trustee by the borrower (trustor), in favor of the lender (beneficiary), to secure repayment of a debt.

Default:  The general failure to perform a legal or contractual duty or to discharge an obligation when due. Some specific examples are: 1) Failure to make a payment of rent when due. 2) The breach or failure to perform any of the terms of a lease agreement.

Deficiency Judgment:  Imposition of personal liability on a borrower for the unpaid balance of mortgage debt after a foreclosure has failed to yield the full amount of the debt.

Demising Walls:  The partition wall that separates one tenant’s space from another or from the building’s common area such as a public corridor.

Depreciation:  Spreading out the cost of a capital asset over its estimated useful life or a decrease in the usefulness, and therefore value, of real property improvements or other assets caused by deterioration or obsolescence.

Design/Build:  A system in which a single entity is responsible for both the design and construction. The term can apply to an entire facility or to individual components of the construction to be performed by a subcontractor; also referred to as “design/construct”.

Distraint:  The act of seizing (legally or illegally) personal property based on the right and interest which a landlord has in the property of a tenant in default.

Dollar Stop:  An agreed dollar amount of taxes and operating expense (expressed for the building as a whole or on a square foot basis) over which the tenant will pay its prorated share of increases. May be applied to specific expenses (e.g., property taxes or insurance).