abstract of title

American  

noun

Law.

1. an outline history of the title to a parcel of real estate, showing the original grant, subsequent conveyances, mortgages, etc.

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abstract of title British  

noun

1. property law a summary of the ownership of land, showing the original grant, conveyances, and any incumbrances

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Etymology

Origin of abstract of title

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

Spain could make out the better abstract of title.

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"You want an abstract of title?"

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Accordingly, the abstract of title begins with the lease, however old; but the subsequent title need not be carried back for more than forty years before the sale.

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The signature of the agreement is followed by the delivery to the purchaser or his solicitor of the abstract of title, which is an epitome of the various instruments and events under and in consequence of which the vendor derives Abstract of title. his title.

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Now every line of this opinion, and also even of the Abstract of Title upon which it was written, did this quicksighted young scoundrel copy out, and deposit, as a great prize, in his desk, among other similar notes and memoranda,—little wotting his master, the while, of what his clerk was doing.

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