Jargon Buster
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Absent Landlord
A Landlord who cannot be contacted is defined as 'absent'. Consequently, Legal recourse is available to acquire the right to manage property.
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Absorption (1)
The water absorbed by a brick, concrete, etc., as a percentage of its dry weight. Engineering bricks in Britain are boiled for five hours to measure their absorption. Absorption below 7% usually indicates good frost resistance but some bricks with 12% absorption resist frost well (BRE Digest 164). Brick damp courses are made from engineering bricks.
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Absorption (2)
In acoustics, absorptive materials reduce echoes (reverberation) within a room, but have little effect on the passing of sound through a wall or floor, except insofar as they reduce the sound within the room. Soft partition or wall surfaces, being more absorptive than hard, may or may not improve acoustics but they will reduce the reduce the reverberation period. So will the fitting of windows, or other openings in the walls, and the presence of people.
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Abstract of Title
A document prepared by the Vendor's solicitor which relates to unregistered land proving the Vendor owns the land, and that any previous mortgages have been paid settled.
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Abstracting (q.s.)
The process, before drawing up a bill of quantities of assembling and adding similar tasks in the contract which will be paid for at the same price under one item. The items are arranged in trades to make billing easier.
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Acquisition Date
The Acquisition Date identifies the starting date for the Right to Manage Company's assumption of the legal responsibility for the running of the designated property.
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Additional security fee
An upfront one-off fee paid to the lender, in order to protect them against the borrower defaulting on the loan. Also known as a Mortgage Indemnity Guarantee.
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Administrator
The person appointed by the courts to manage the affairs of a deceased person who died without specifically naming someone in their will to carry out that work.
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Admixture, additive
In concrete, mortar or plaster, a substance other than aggregate, cement, plaster or water, added in small quantities to alter the properties of the mix or of the hardened substance. Admixtures, especially in plasters, require the written permission of the designer, though masonry cement (BS 5224) contains an air-entraining agent (C) and sometimes other substances, but chlorides are forbidden. See BS 5075, also mortar plasticizers.
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Air conditioning
Bringing the air in a building to a desired temperature, purity and humidity, often by washing with cold water and then heating or cooling the air, which is blown or sucked in as required. See air change, air washer, modulated control plenum system, unit air conditioner, and BS 5643.
