Inium Definition: A form of real property with portions of the real property designated for separate ownership or occupancy, and the remainder of the real property designated for common ownership or occupancy solely by the owners of those portions. TUCA Sec. 82.003.
The Texas Uniform inium Act contains a provision which states that unless a declaration provides otherwise, a inium building may be terminated and sold if 100% of the owners agree. It also allows unit owners associations to adopt a rule allowing for a lower threshold of 80% of the votes.
A inium is type of living residence within a multi-unit complex where each unit is individually owned. iniums are commonly called condos, for short. The origin of the term 'inium' comes from Latin meaning "joint rule."
A inium (or condo for short) is an ownership regime in which a building (or group of buildings) is divided into multiple units that are either each separately owned, or owned in common with exclusive rights of occupation by individual owners.
Synonyms: condo. abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home. housing that someone is living in.
Etymology. inium is an invented Latin word formed by adding the prefix con- 'together' to the word dominium 'dominion, ownership'. Its meaning is, therefore, 'joint dominion' or 'co-ownership'.
If a building "goes inium" it changes from having rented apartments to having owned apartments.
An example of a condo is a large apartment building where you own your individual apartment but also share in the maintenance of the building's roof, hallways, lobby, elevators, driveway, landscaping, pools, fitness center, and other amenities.
A inium Information Statement (CIS) is the packet of documents provided to buyers purchasing a condo unit that is newly constructed or recently converted from a different use.
For example, a garden inium complex consists of low-rise buildings built with landscaped grounds surrounding them. A townhouse inium complex consists of multi-floor semi-detached homes.