Legislatures are made up of individual members, known as legislators, who vote on proposed laws. A legislature usually contains a fixed number of legislators; because legislatures usually meet in a specific room filled with seats for the legislators, this is often described as the number of seats it contains.
Here's a brief rundown of the most common types of deeds: A quitclaim deed transfers whatever ownership interest a person has in a property. It makes no guarantees about the extent of the person's interest. Quitclaim deeds are commonly used by divorcing couples; one spouse signs all his or her rights in the couple's real estate over to the other.
A trustee deed, also called a trust deed or deed of trust, is an arrangement used in place of a mortgage deed in states like California that allow nonjudicial foreclosure, that is, foreclosure without going to court. An ordinary mortgage deed documents a transaction between two parties, a lender and a borrower. A trustee deed is an arrangement between three parties: the borrower, who is also called a trustor; the lender; and the trustee, who holds legal title to the property. The trustee is usually a title or escrow company.