tax title

noun

, Law.

1. a title, acquired by the purchaser at a forced sale of property for nonpayment of taxes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tax title¹

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35

Example Sentences

Also he had sold his tax-title to the property for the sum of one hundred dollars.

From Project Gutenberg

They met the Cheyennes, always ambitious to acquire tax title of the plains to such valuable property as this.

From Project Gutenberg