title deed

American  

noun

1. a deed or document containing or constituting evidence of ownership.

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title deed British  

noun

1. a deed or document evidencing a person's legal right or title to property, esp real property

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Etymology

Origin of title deed

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

You can still list your brother as a beneficiary on a transfer-on-death deed, but that is a separate legal process to remove him from the title deed.

From MarketWatch

How an estate is divided among heirs depends on whether the assets are community property with the deceased’s spouse, the nature of the title deeds and the beneficiary designations, among other issues.

From MarketWatch

Apart from clothes, cooking pots and a few other essentials, the only possessions he has with him in his tent are the precious title deeds to his ancestral land in Barbara.

From BBC

His father followed behind, boarding an overnight bus to the capital, and carrying the family’s land title deed to post bond.

From The Wall Street Journal

A second lawsuit challenges an aspect of a new land policy that demands that new farmers pay for the land in order to obtain title deeds to own the land outright.

From BBC