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n. Chain of documents that indicate title to property, from the beginning to the present.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
muniments (of title)
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muniments of title — Documents that serve as evidence of ownership of real or personal property. Written instruments, such as stock certificates or deeds to land, by which an owner is enabled to defend his or her ownership rights. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia… … Law dictionary
muniments of title — /myuwnamants sv taydal/ Documentary evidence of title. The instruments of writing and written evidences which the owner of lands, possessions, or inheritances has, by which he is enabled to defend the title of his estate. See deed. The records of … Black's law dictionary
muniments of title — /myuwnamants sv taydal/ Documentary evidence of title. The instruments of writing and written evidences which the owner of lands, possessions, or inheritances has, by which he is enabled to defend the title of his estate. See deed. The records of … Black's law dictionary
title — A mark, style, or designation; a distinctive appellation; the name by which anything is known. Thus, in the law of persons, a title is an appellation of dignity or distinction, a name denoting the social rank of the person bearing it; as duke or… … Black's law dictionary
Title — Ti tle, n. [OF. title, F. titre, L. titulus an inscription, label, title, sign, token. Cf. {Tilde}, {Titrate}, {Titular}.] 1. An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known. [1913 Webster] 2. The inscription in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Title deeds — Title Ti tle, n. [OF. title, F. titre, L. titulus an inscription, label, title, sign, token. Cf. {Tilde}, {Titrate}, {Titular}.] 1. An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known. [1913 Webster] 2. The inscription in the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
title deed — noun a legal document proving a person s right to property • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑deed, ↑deed of conveyance, ↑title • Hyponyms: ↑muniments … Useful english dictionary
muniments — [ mju:nɪm(ə)nts] plural noun chiefly Law title deeds or other documents proving a person s title to land. Origin ME: via OFr. from L. munimentum defence (in med. L. title deed ), from munire fortify … English new terms dictionary
muniments — noun deeds and other documentary evidence of title to land • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑title deed … Useful english dictionary
muniments — n. (Law) ownership certificate, official document that proves a person s title to land mu·ni·ment || mjuËnɪmÉ™nt n. document, deed of purchase, certificate of right (Law) … English contemporary dictionary
