Definitions on co-ownership in Québec

The glossary offers a definition of nearly one thousand five hundred words of the vocabulary used on the Condolegal.com site. It is designed to help you better understand the terms related to divided and undivided co-ownership. Each time a term from the glossary is encountered on a page, the Internet user can display the definition of this term. An alphabetical access is also proposed.

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Zenith
Zenith
Working capital
Working capital
Webradio Condolegal
Webradio Condolegal
Web platform
Web platform
Water leak detection system
Water leak detection system
Water cooling tower
Water cooling tower
Waste shredder
Waste shredder
Wasp
Wasp
Washing machine
Washing machine
Warranty obligation
Warranty obligation
Voting rights register
Voting rights register
Volunteer
Volunteer
Visitor
Visitor
Violence
Violence
Veto (right of)
Veto (right of)
Verbal abuse
Verbal abuse
Vandalism
Vandalism
Useful life
Useful life
Urbanist
Urbanist
Unforseen events fund
Unforseen events fund
Under the table work
Under the table work
Trimestre
Quarter
Tribunal des droits de la personne
Tribunal des droits de la personne
Tribunal administratif du Québec
Administrative Tribunal of Québec
Tree
Tree
Trap
Trap
Transaction
Transaction
Trailer
Trailer
Townhouse
Townhouse
Towing
Towing
Tourist
Tourist
Toilette (sanitaire)
Toilet
Tax
Tax
Taking in payment
Taking in payment
Tacit modification
Tacit modification
Suspensory condition
Suspensory condition
Surveillance cameras
Surveillance cameras
Supreme Court of Canada
Supreme Court of Canada
Supporting vouchers
Supporting vouchers
Superior force
Superior force
Superior Court of Québec
Superior Court of Québec
Successor and Assign
Successor and Assign
Succession
Succession
Subcontractor
Subcontractor
Storm
Storm
Storage areas
Storage areas
Statement of debts and claims
Statement of debts and claims
Standardized value
Standardized value
Stairway
Stairway
Spouses
Spouses
Specifications
Specifications
Specifications
Specifications
Sound Transmission Class (STI)
Sound Transmission Class (STI)
Solvabilité
Solvabilité
Solidarity
Solidarity
Sole director
Sole director
Solarium
Solarium
Smoke
Smoke
Signature
Signature
Sigle
Sigle
Share (private portion)
Share (private portion)
Share (common portion)
Share (common portion)
Sewer backup
Sewer backup
Serpula lacrymans (dry rot)
Serpula lacrymans (dry rot)
Senior officer
Senior officer
Semi-detached houses
Semi-detached houses
Satellite dish
Satellite dish
Sale under control of justice
Sale under control of justice
Salary
Salary
Rules of the trade (Best practices)
Rules of the trade (Best practices)
Roof terrace
Roof terrace
Riot
Riot
Right to respect for the private life
Right to respect of privacy
Right to respect for reputation
Right to respect for reputation
Right to follow
Right to follow
Right of withdrawal (Resolution)
Right of withdrawal (Resolution)
Right of withdrawal
Right of withdrawal
Right of retention
Right of retention
Right of repossession of a dwelling
Right of repossession of a dwelling
Right of free disposal
Right of free disposal
Right of first refusal
Right of first refusal
Review engagment
Review engagment
Retrofitting to standards
Retrofitting to standards
Retractation
Retractation
Residential unit
Residential unit
Reserve fund
Reserve fund
Request for information to the syndicate of co-ownership (DRCOP)
Request for information to the syndicate of co-ownership (DRCOP)
Rental condo
Rental condo
Remuneration
Remuneration
Remote controls
Remote controls
Relocation
Relocation
Registre des droits personnels et réels mobiliers
Register of Personal and Movable Real Rights
Registration division
Registration division
Registered mail (certified)
Registered mail (certified)
Register of minutes
Register of minutes
Register of lessees
Register of lessees
Register of improvements made to a private portion
Register of co-owners
Register of co-owners
Register of allocation of common portions for restricted use
Register of allocation of common portions for restricted use
Régie du bâtiment du Québec (Québec Building Board)
Licence
Régie du bâtiment du Québec (Québec Building Board)
Reconstruction cost
Reconstruction cost
Reasonable fees.
Reasonable fees.
Reasonable accommodation
Reasonable accommodation
Real estate broker
Real estate broker
Real estate agency
Real estate agency
Rat
Rat
Rapport d'expertise
Expertise report
Railings
Railings
Quebec Sales Tax (QST)
Quebec Sales Tax (QST)
Québec Real Estate Brokerage Self-Regulating Agency (Organisme d’autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec)
Québec Real Estate Brokerage Self-Regulating Agency (Organisme d’autoréglementation du courtage immobilier du Québec)
Québec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers
Québec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers
Québec Land Register
Québec Land Register
Quebec Enterprise Number (NEQ)
Quebec Enterprise Number (NEQ)
Québec Co-owners and Manager Association  (Regroupement des gestionnaires et copropriétaires du Québec (RGCQ)
Condoliaison
Québec Co-owners and Manager Association (Regroupement des gestionnaires et copropriétaires du Québec (RGCQ)
Pyrrhotite
Pyrrhotite
Pyrite
Pyrite
Publication
Publication
Public order of protection
Public order of protection
Public order of direction
Public order of direction
Public order
Public order
Public officer
Public officer
Psychological harassment in the workplace
Psychological harassment in the workplace
Proxy (Power of attorney)
Proxy (Power of attorney)
Provisional administrator
Provisional administrator
Protection of the rights appurtenant to the immovable or the co-ownership
Protection of the rights appurtenant to the immovable or the co-ownership
Project owner
Project owner
Professionnal technologist
Professionnal technologist
Professional Seller
Professional Seller
Professional Fees
Professional Fees
Professional Code
Professional Code
Profession libérale
Profession libérale
Probative value
Probative value
Private writing
Private writing
Private dispute prevention and resolution process
Private dispute prevention and resolution process
Privacy
Privacy
Prior-contract
Prior-contract
Prior claim
Prior claim
Principal contractor
Principal contractor
Prêt intérimaire de construction
Interim construction loan
Preservation of the immovable
Preservation of the immovable
Posting
Posting
Pool
Pool
Plans and specifications of the building (as) built
Plans and specifications of the building (as) built
Piping and wiring.
Piping and wiring.
Personnal identification
Person who is a member of a co-owner’s household
Person who is a member of a co-owner’s household
Patio
Patio
Passion Condo ®
Passion Condo ®
Passeport vaccinal
Passeport vaccinal
Passageway
Passageway
Park
Park
Owner-builders
Owner-builders
Outside lockers
Outside lockers
Oral arguments
Oral arguments
Operations in the common interest
Operations of common interest
Operating budget
Operating budget
Offres de services
Offres de services
Office québécois de la langue française
Office québécois de la langue française
Obsolescence technique d’un bien immobilier
Obsolescence technique d’un bien immobilier
Obligation to deliver
Obligation to deliver
Obligation of result
Obligation of result
Obligation of means
Obligation of means
Notification
Notification
Notice of preservation
Notice of preservation
Notice of dissolution
Notice of dissolution
Notice of completion of work
Notice of completion of work
Notice of closure
Notice of closure
Notice of assessment
Notice of assessment
Notice of appointment of a liquidator
Notice of appointment of a liquidator
Note on the general terms and conditions of any proposed contract or planned work
Note on the general terms and conditions of any proposed contract or planned work
Net area
Net area
Natural person
Natural person
National Assembly of Québec
National Assembly of Québec
Nadir
Nadir
Municipal by-law
Municipal by-law
Moving in
Moving in
Movable property
Movable property
Mouse
Mouse
Mortgage broker
Mortgage broker
Monitoring of the work
Monitoring of the work
Molds
Molds
Minor repair
Minor repair
Mezzanine
Mezzanine
Mechanical elements
Mechanical elements
Market value
Market value
Mandat irrévocable (en faveur du promoteur)
Mandat irrévocable (en faveur du promoteur)
Management contract
Management contract
Maison individuelle
Detached house
Mailling address.
Mailling address.
Lump sum contract
Lump sum contract
Locker
Locker
Loan for use
Loan for use
Livre foncier
Livre foncier
Listing
Listing
Liquidator
Liquidator
Lightning
Lightning
Liability
Liability
Lessor
Lessor
Legionella
Legionella
Legal proceeding
Legal proceeding
Legal person
Legal person
Land registry office
Land registry office
Lack of maintenance of the common portions
Lack of maintenance of the common portions
Key
Key
Justice (doing justice to oneself)
Justice (doing justice to oneself)
Juste valeur marchande
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence
Juridical personality
Juridical personality
Judge
Judge
Janitor
Janitor
Intranet copropriétaire
Co-owner intranet
Intimidation
Intimidation
Interim occupancy
Interim occupancy
Interim director
Interim director
Integrated project
Integrated project
Insurance
Lack of insurance
Damage Insurance Agent
Improvements made to a private portion
Insurability
Construction site insurance
Equipment breakdown insurance (breakdown of machines)
Damage Insurance
Property insurance
Building insurance (syndicate of co-owners)
Primary insurance
Legal expense insurance
Home insurance policy
Tenants Insurance
Multi-risk insurance
Unpaid common expenses insurance (condo fees)
Insurance for the trustee’s fees
Liability insurance of Directors
Liability insurance of the Meeting Officers
Civil liability insurance of the co-owner
Co-ownership manager's civil liability insurance
Civil liability insurance of the condo manager
Civil liability insurance of the Syndicate
Title insurance
Comprehensive insurance policy (all risks)
Insurance
Insurances of the Syndicate
Insured
Additional insured
Insurer
Property and casualty insurer
Direct insurer
Insurance certificate
Autoassurance (autoprotection)
Rider
Avis de non-renouvellement
Beneficiary
Property
Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC)
Assignment of debt
Damage Insurance Chamber (Chambre de l’assurance de dommages)
Stated amount co-insurance clause
Special conditions
Insurance contract
Damage insurance broker
Coverage (guarantee)
Effective date of Insurance
Declaration of risk
Notice of loss
Indemnity claim
Depreciation
Exclusions
Claims adjuster
Independent claims adjuster
Public claims adjuster
Extended coverage
Insurance trustee
Deductible
Reasonable deductible
Additional coverage
Complementary guarantee (syndicate of co-owners)
Insurance indemnity
Insurance insufficiency (under insurance)
Insurable interest
Limits of coverage
Amount of insurance (insurance limit):
Denial of coverage
Loss
Insurance policy
Insurance premium
Appraisal report
Proportional rule
Loss settlement
Renewal
Resiliation
Civil liability
Risk
Material change in risk
Designated Risk
Loss ratio
Loss
Underwriter
Subscription
Subrogation
Additional insurance premium
Reference unit
Actual cash value
Breach
Infiltration d'eau pluviale
Stormwater infiltration
Indivision
Indivision
Indictable offence
Indictable offence
Index of immovables
Index of immovables
Incompetent
Incompetent
Income tax return (tax)
Income tax return (tax)
Income statement
Income statement
Immovable real rights
Immovable real rights
Immovable
Immovable
Immatriculation of an immovable
Immatriculation of an immovable
Illégal / Illicite
Illégal / Illicite
Hot water tank
Water heater
Honesty
Honesty
Heightening
Heightening
Head office
Head office
Harmful animal
Harmful animal
Harassment
Harassment
Handyman, handywoman
Handyman, handywoman
Hallway
Hallway
Ground floor
Ground floor
Gross area
Gross area
Greenhouse gas (GHG)
Greenhouse gas (GHG)
Grandfathering clause
Grandfathering clause
Government regulation
Government regulation
Goods and services tax (GST)
Goods and services tax (GST)
Good faith
Good faith
Gazette officielle du Québec
Gazette officielle du Québec
Garantie légale (construction)
Garantie légale (construction)
Garantie de construction résidentielle (Residential Construction Guarantee)
Garantie de construction résidentielle (Residential Construction Guarantee)
Fund basis of accounting
Fund basis of accounting
Freedom of expression
Freedom of expression
Fraudulent acts (fraud)
Fraudulent acts (fraud)
Fraud
Fraud
Fraction
Fraction
Foyer
Foyer
Foundations and main walls
Foundations and main walls
Forfeiture of the term
Forfeiture of the term
Forclusion
Foreclosure
Fonds (comptabilité)
Fonds (comptabilité)
Flooding
Flooding
Flat-rate unit price contract
Flat-rate unit price contract
Firebrat
Firebrat
Fire
Fire
Fine (penalty)
Fine (penalty)
Financial statements
Financial statements
Financial Market Authority (Autorité des marchés financiers)
Financial Market Authority (Autorité des marchés financiers)
Ferrous ochre (ochre deposit)
Ferrous ochre (ochre deposit)
Extranet
Extranet
Extrajudicial fees (lawyer)
Extrajudicial fees (lawyer)
Error in the counting of votes
Error in the counting of votes
Enterprise (operation)
Enterprise (operation)
Ensemble immobilier
Ensemble immobilier
Enrichissement sans cause (injustifié)
Unjust (unjustified) enrichment 
Engineer
Engineer
Encroachment
Encroachment
Encombrement
Encombrement
Employer
Employer
Employee
Employee
Emphytéose
Emphyteusis
Email
Email
Elevator
Elevator
Election (appointment)
Election (appointment)
Elderly
Elderly
Earthquake
Earthquake
Dwelling
Dwelling
Dominant land
Dominant land
Domestic animal
Domestic animal
Documents relating to the immovable and the syndicate
Documents relating to the immovable and the syndicate
Disclaimer
Disclaimer
Discharge
Discharge
Direct debit
Direct debit
Dilapidation
Dilapidation
Digitisation
Digitisation
Devoir de confidentialité
Duty of confidentiality
Dematerialization
Dematerialization
Defect of consent
Defect of consent
Defect in title
Defect in title
Defamation
Defamation
Declaratory law
Declaratory law
Declaration of transfer of immovable property
Declaration of transfer of immovable property
Decision-making body
Decision-making body
Decision
Decision
Decision
Decision
Decibels (db)
Decibels (db)
Debt
Debt
Débiteur
Débiteur
Day-to-day administration
Day-to-day administration
Day nursery
Day nursery
Criminal Record
Criminal Record
Crédit de taxe sur les intrants
Crédit de taxe sur les intrants
Crédit d'impôt pour personnes âgées
Crédit d’impôt pour personnes âgées
Credit
Credit
Créancier
Créancier
Crack (building)
Crack (building)
COVID-19
COVID-19
Court of Appeal
Court of Appeal
Court
Court
Cost-plus contract
Cost-plus contract
Corruption
Corruption
Corporation of Master Pipe-Mechanics of Québec
Corporation of Master Pipe-Mechanics of Québec
Licence (CMMTQ)
Corporation of Master Electricians of Québec
Corporation of Master Electricians of Québec
Contract of guarantee
Contract of guarantee
Contract of enterprise
Contract of enterprise
Contract of employment
Contract of employment
Contract for service
Contract for service
Consumer protection act
Consumer protection act
Construction code
Construction code
Confidentiality incident
Confidentiality incident
Conférence de règlement à l’amiable
Amicable settlement conference
Condominium (condo)
Condominium (condo)
Condolegal.com
Condolegal.com
Condoflash
Condoflash
Conciliation
Conciliation
Compilation engagment  (Notice to reader)
Compilation engagment (Notice to reader)
Competitive bidding
Competitive bidding
Community of co-owners
Community of co-owners
Community Hall
Community Hall
Common service areas
Common service areas
Common law
Common law
Commission des normes, de l'équité,de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST)
Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST)
Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ)
Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ)
Collapse (building)
Collapse (building)
Code of ethics and professional conduct
Code of ethics and of professional conduct
Code of civil procedure
Code of civil procedure
Cockroache
Cockroache
Co-ownership Working Group
Co-ownership Working Group
Co-ownership manager
Co-ownership manager
Co-ownership fees (condo fees)
Co-ownership fees (condo fees)
Co-ownership Advisory Committee
Co-ownership Advisory Committee
Co-ownership
Co-ownership
Climate change
Climate change
Clerical error
Clerical error
Clause incompréhensible
Clause incompréhensible
Civil code of Lower Canada
Civil code of Lower Canada
Child
Child
Chat
Chat
Chartered Appraiser
Chartered Appraiser
Chartered Administrator
Chartered Administrator
Charter of the french language
Charter of the french language
Charging station
Charging station
Certified Professional Accountant
Certified Professional Accountant
Certificate of the syndicate attesting to the condition of the immovable
Certificate of the syndicate attesting to the condition of the immovable
Certificate of the state of the immovable
Certificate of the state of the immovable
Central heating system
Central heating system
Central air conditioning system
Central air conditioning system
Causal link
Causal link
Cash basis of accounting
Cash basis of accounting
Carpenter ant
Carpenter ant
Cannabis
Cannabis
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Call for tenders
Call for tenders
Cadastral renovation
Cadastral renovation
Buyer (purchaser)
Buyer (purchaser)
Bureau des Soumissions Déposées du Québec (B.D.S.Q.)
Bureau des Soumissions Déposées du Québec (B.D.S.Q.)
Building envelope
Building envelope
Building
Building
Brokerage transcation
Brokerage transcation
Boundaries
Boundaries
Bird feeder
Bird feeder
Bidder
Bidder
Bed Bug
Bed Bug
Bargaining
Bargaining
Bare land
Bare land
Barbecue (BBQ)
Barbecue (BBQ)
Bankrupt
Bankrupt
Bank account
Bank account
Balcony
Balcony
Balance sheet (financial statement)
Balance sheet (financial statement)
Bailiff's ascertainment
Bailiff's ascertainment
Bailiff
Bailiff
Bad faith
Bad faith
Audit engagment
Audit engagment
Attic (vacant space under the roof)
Attic (vacant space under the roof)
Assurance-emploi
Employment insurance
Association of co-ownership syndicates
Association of co-ownership syndicates
Asset Management Plan
Asset Management Plan
Asbestos
Asbestos
Archives
Archives
Architect
Architect
Apartment
Apartment
Année financière
Financial year
Altitude
Altitude
Alienation of immovables
Alienation of immovables
Airbnb ®
Airbnb ®
Aged person
Aged person
Affidavit
Affidavit
Administrator of the property of others
Administrator of the property of others
Administrative Housing Tribunal
Administrative Housing Tribunal
Administration fund (general)
Administration fund (general)
Adhesion contract
Adhesion contract
Act of alienation of immovables by the syndicate of co-owners
Act of alienation of immovables by the syndicate of co-owners
Act of acquisition of immovables by the syndicate of co-owners
Act of acquisition of immovables by the syndicate of co-owners
Acronyme
Acronyme
Acquired rights
Acquired rights
Accrual basis of accounting
Accrual basis of accounting
Acceptance of the work
Acceptance of the work
Abréviation
Abréviation