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  • Orders governing the transfer of property within divorce/associated financial remedy proceedings and/or civil partnership proceedings consequent upon the breakdown of civil partnership.

  • This is a questionnaire about the property completed by the sellers. It covers such items as guarantees, neighbour disputes and boundaries.

  • To conduct legal proceedings again a person/ or organisation.

  • Mental health medical professional with a specific qualification in psychiatry.

  • Pertaining to mental and emotional health, as opposed to physical.

  • Mental or emotional abuse.

  • Mental health medical professional whose specific qualification is in psychology.

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder- medically diagnosed mental health condition.

  • The buying of a property.

  • See buyer.

  • The amount of compensation that the tribunal will award the claimant if they win their case.

  • Written form requesting the employer for information in a discrimination case.

  • Land or buildings you own – tangible, immovable property, as opposed to chattels/personal property.

  • The repayment of an existing mortgage.

  • A penalty charged by a mortgagee when you redeem a mortgage within a fixed rate, discounted rate or cashback period.

  • Redundancy is a form of dismissal, caused by an employer needing to reduce their workforce.

  • A safe place, for example a refuse for someone who has suffered domestic violence.

  • Property which has already been registered at the Land Registry.