title deed

noun

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

title deed

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of title deed¹

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

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.

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

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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.

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In fact there is no general rule about which fence belongs to whom, so homeowners should check their title deeds to see which boundaries they own.

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However, the majority of former farmers have not signed up to the deal, and are still holding onto their title deeds.

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