conveyance
Webster Dictionary
the act by which the title to property, esp. real estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another
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warranty
(ər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a covenant in a deed guaranteeing clear and unencumbered title to property.
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transfer
Webster Dictionary
to make over the possession or control of; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title to land is transferred by deed
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defeasance
Webster Dictionary
a condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated
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prescription
Webster Dictionary
a prescribing for title; the claim of title to a thing by virtue immemorial use and enjoyment; the right or title acquired by possession had during the time and in the manner fixed by law
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pass
Webster Dictionary
to be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a certain clause in a deed
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exploit
Webster Dictionary
a deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great
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valid
Webster Dictionary
having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage
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quitclaim
Webster Dictionary
a release or relinquishment of a claim; a deed of release; an instrument by which some right, title, interest, or claim, which one person has, or is supposed to have, in or to an estate held by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself
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defender of the faith
(Defender of the Faith)
Princeton's WordNet
a title that Leo X bestowed on Henry VIII and later withdrew; parliament restored the title and it has been used by English sovereigns ever since
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running title
(running title)
Princeton's WordNet
the title (or a shortened title) of a book used as a running head
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remitter
Webster Dictionary
the sending or placing back of a person to a title or right he had before; the restitution of one who obtains possession of property under a defective title, to his rights under some valid title by virtue of which he might legally have entered into possession only by suit
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stranger
Webster Dictionary
one not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy
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emeritus
(emeritus)
Princeton's WordNet
honorably retired from assigned duties and retaining your title along with the additional title `emeritus' as in `professor emeritus'
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lord
(ɔrd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a titled nobleman or peer; a person whose ordinary appellation contains by courtesy the title Lord or some higher title.
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revest
Webster Dictionary
to take effect or vest again, as a title; to revert to former owner; as, the title or right revests in A after alienation
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ban
Webster Dictionary
an ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia
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dauphin
Webster Dictionary
the title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued
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titular
Webster Dictionary
existing in title or name only; nominal; having the title to an office or dignity without discharging its appropriate duties; as, a titular prince
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muniment
Webster Dictionary
a record; the evidences or writings whereby a man is enabled to defend the title to his estate; title deeds and papers
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dom
(ɒm; for)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(usu. cap.) a Portuguese title affixed to a man's given name; Sir: formerly a title of certain dignitaries.
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claim
Webster Dictionary
a right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant
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warranty
Webster Dictionary
a covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant
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color
Webster Dictionary
an apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court
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title
Webster Dictionary
that which constitutes a just cause of exclusive possession; that which is the foundation of ownership of property, real or personal; a right; as, a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title
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grant
Webster Dictionary
a transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, au appropriation or conveyance made by the government; as, a grant of land or of money; also, the deed or writing by which the transfer is made
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deed over
(grant, deed over)
Princeton's WordNet
transfer by deed
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grant
(grant, deed over)
Princeton's WordNet
transfer by deed
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addition
Webster Dictionary
a title annexed to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title
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eviction
Webster Dictionary
the act or process of evicting; or state of being evicted; the recovery of lands, tenements, etc., from another's possession by due course of law; dispossession by paramount title or claim of such title; ejectment; ouster
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