a legal term meaning ownership. Deeds to land are sometimes referred to as title deeds. If a person has good title to a property, their proof of ownership is beyond doubt.
Wiktionary Definition for: Title
A prefix or suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification.
rfd-redundant A right to ownership.
law A deed or other certificate of ownership.
The name of a book, film, musical piece, etc.
The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
A division of an act of Congress or Parliament (e.g. Title II of the USA PATRIOT Act)
The act of assigning someone or something a title.
Title to a property is a record detailing the owners of the property and rights associated with the ownership. Title typically shows a progression of ownership from the first owner to the current one. Title is a fairly simple concept, but when it goes wrong it is a nightmare. That...
Most home sellers and buyers have been informed that obtaining title insurance will provide them necessary protection over possible title defects; but many remain uncertain about why this is so - or even about what title insurance is. At the Chicago Title and Trust Family of Companies, they believe they...
A title search is a means of determining that the person who is selling the property really has the right to sell it, and that the buyer is getting all the rights to the property title that he or she is paying for. The search process can be undertaken by...
One of the things that continues to strike the author so strongly is the importance of the newsletter's title. A good title invites reading; a bad title sets the relationship off on a negative note that's virtually impossible to overcome. As the most noticeable element on the front page, the...
FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL INC., IRVINE, California, has launched a new company, Property Insight, Santa Barbara, California. Property Insight was formed to improve the speed and efficiency of real property title insurance underwriting by creating a nationwide capability for standardizing and automating title research. The new company combines all the automated...
Northwest Title Agency of Ohio and Michigan, Inc. has officially changed its name to Chicago Title for all six of its offices. For nearly 25 years, Northwest Title Agency has been the exclusive Chicago Title provider in the Toledo market, also serving Monroe, Michigan. and is a wholly owned subsidiary...
Two Johns Hopkins University professors have released a comprehensive look at the effects of Title I to date. The latest volume of the Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, coeditted by Samuel Stringfield and John Hollifield, found that Title I has helped poor students make modest gains...
A title is a written document that shows ownership of property. It includes the signatures of current owners and a legal description of the property. A title is also known as a deed. Before one closes on a new home, a title examiner will conduct a title search. This is...
Title insurance policies are an accepted form of protection for buyers of real estate, providing assurance that the buyer is receiving good title. Such a policy insures the rights of an owner, and makes certain that the owner will be able to convey good title when the time comes to...
Title Midwest of Topeka to purchase Wichita company --- Title Midwest of Topeka, a multistate title insurance company, will add 10 percent to its staff of 190 employees after it purchases Fidelity Title Co. of Wichita in early March, a company official said Friday. Fidelity Title, which serves...
There are two types of title insurance: lender policy and the owner's title insurance. Most lenders require a loan policy when they issue a loan to protect their interest should a problem arise. The policy amount decreases each year and eventually disappears once the loan is paid off. Therefore the...
DENVER -- One of the best things about winning a national title is that the season never really ends. That's Boston College coach Jerry York's view as he enjoys the NCAA men's hockey title the Eagles won Saturday by ending Notre Dame's gallant run with a...
This article outlines a transaction cost theory of 'title insurance' and analyses the role it plays in countries with recording and registration of land titles. Title insurance indemnifies real estate right holders for losses caused by pre-existing title defects that are unknown when the policy is issued. It emerged to...
When one thinks of GIS, title insurance isn't the first thing that comes to mind. However, many title offices are finding GIS is just what they need to help with their mapping and document management needs. Title plants, data centers that process thousands of land records each day, have found...
HOUSTON -- Mike Halpin, a divisional vice president for Stewart Title of Wisconsin Inc., has been named its president and chief executive officer. Former Stewart Title of Wisconsin president and CEO David Silberman will continue to lead as Wisconsin state manager and counsel for the underwriter, Stewart Title Guaranty...
The title company can be forced into an awkward dilemma, when a judgment creditor of the client endeavors to attach the Escrow Funds before the title company is able to satisfy the outstanding obligation it has insured. This article outlines the legal issues that title companies face. It provides the...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 1, 1999-- Anderson Computers/Tidalwave (Pink Sheets:ACPT) announced today that the Company has acquired an additional 5.1% of Citizen's Title Services, Inc. The increased position now brings Anderson's ownership position to ten percent of Citizen's Title Services, Inc. Citizen's Title Services is a fully automated...
I have my own real-estate office, and I want to open a title-insurance company. Where can I find more information about running a title company out of my office? T.K., Brooklyn, N.Y.
First American Title Insurance Co. of Clearwater has acquired Trans-Continental ... First American Title Insurance Co. of Clearwater has acquired Trans-Continental Title Co., a California-based provider of title and settlement services in 38 states.
Charles J. Kovaleski, president, Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc., Orlando, has been elected president of the Board of Governors for the American Land Title Association, which represents title insurance companies and their agents nationwide.
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