Legal circumstance hindering title verification and true owners identity.

used to describe a title that has a defect on its face and the title itself may not have a defect.

1. General. Alternate term for document of title. 2. Shipping. Instrument giving its bearer title to goods listed and enabling delivery.

This term applies when the ownership of property is in doubt and the purchaser may find himself questioned in court.

an enforceable title to ownership of property that has been recognised in court dealing with equities and is based on fair and equitable principles.

the investigation made into the title on behalf of the person who wants the buy the property to make sure a clear title can be obtained. Also known as a […]

This term applies to the title that does not give a total and complete right to ownership of property.

the unconditional and complete and total ownership of property.

Policy insuring mortgagee or owner against loss by defects in title.

the term applied when the title to a mortgaged property is kept by the mortgagee until the owner has paid off the mortgage in full.

This relates to ownership of property that is seen as sufficient under the law that is different from title recognised under equity rules.

the name of a statute or a law or the brief description of item purpose and nature.

the preliminary clause that states the name of the court and the date when a matter will be heard and tried.

the title that vests the absolute right of ownership to a person without a question.

the presumed ownership of property that is based on the occupancy of the property rather than the legal right to the title.

used to describe a suit in a court of equity that will settle all claims of rightful ownership.

the lien or the mortgage that is used to secure the purchase price of a property.

Examining deeds, land records, and documents to verify the seller is the legal owner and there are no encumbrances affecting the title.

One of four criteria for standard capitalization to determine status of a lease that cannot be cancelled. The other 3 are bargain purchase provision, value recovery provision , economic life […]

In Spanish law. Title. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3,

Persons who in Scotland, after the Reformation , obtained grants from the crown of the monasteries and priories then erected into temporal lordships. Thus the titles formerly held by the […]

Lat. In the civil law . Title ; the source or ground of possession ; the means whereby possession of a thing is acquired, whether such possession be lawful or […]

the term used to take title or to gain and to hold possession of property legally.

To confirm It on oath in the exchequer. Cowell; Blount; Spelman.

To establish the amount which oue amerced in a courtleet should pay.