titles (Meaning)

title to property (as a negotiable instrument or real property) that is valid in fact or law or beyond a reasonable doubt, a legal right to the ownership of property, championship sense 2, a person holding a title especially of nobility, a legally just cause of exclusive possession, of, relating to, or involving a championship, the quality of ownership as determined by a body of facts and events, title vested in one who is considered by the application of equitable principles to be the owner of property even though legal title is vested in another, an appellation of dignity, honor, distinction, or preeminence attached to a person or family by virtue of rank, office, precedent, privilege, attainment, or lands, title that exists free of claims or encumbrances on the property, one larger than a section or article, all the elements constituting legal ownership, the right to receive legal title upon performance of an obligation, an alleged or recognized right, a division of an instrument, book, or bill, marketable title in this entry, the document that is evidence of a right, the instrument (such as a deed) that is evidence of a right, to provide a title for, the heading which names an act or statute, inscription, having the same title as or providing the title for the collection or production of which it forms a part, the name given to something (as a book, song, or job) to identify or describe it, having the same name as the title of a production, a usually published work as distinguished from a particular copy, the distinguishing name of a written, printed, or filmed production, a doctrine that requires such vesting compare estoppel by deed at estoppel sense 1, a similar distinguishing name of a musical composition or a work of art, a descriptive name, to call by a title, title that vests automatically in a grantee when acquired by a grantor who purported to sell the property before acquiring title, a descriptive or general heading (as of a chapter in a book), something that justifies or substantiates a claim, a word or group of words attached to a person's name to show honor, rank, or office, the means or right by which one owns or possesses property, written material introduced into a motion picture or television program to give credits, explain an action, or represent dialogue, championship sense 1, the heading of a legal action or proceeding, title held by American Indians that consists of the right to occupy certain land with the permission of the United States government, to designate or call by a title, of or relating to a title, of, relating to, or used with the titles that introduce a motion picture or television program