- title
- title ti‧tle [ˈtaɪtl] noun
• What is your job title?
• Her official title is Human Resources Manager.
2. [countable] a particular book, magazine, piece of software etc sold by a company:• We publish 200 new titles a year.
• You must demonstrate that you have proof of title.
title to• Who holds the title to the land?
a right of ownership of land that cannot be doubted and where there is no risk of anyone else claiming to be the ownera legal document that proves someone's right to own a particular property, listing all the documents relating to the ownership of the property:• Examine your abstract of title against the deeds to check for inconsistencies.
— compare certificate of searcha title that is not clear about who is the owner of a property, especially property that is for saleproving who is the legal owner of a property:• As a seller, deducing title will consist in almost all cases merely of supplying the buyer's conveyancer with office copy entries on the Register.
in Britain, a right of ownership of land which is not recorded with the land registry and so there is a risk that someone else can claim to be the ownera document that shows the ownership of property or that gives the person possessing it the right to deal with the property as if they owned ita title to land which shows that the person selling the land is the only legal owner and so has the right to sell it:• Solicitors should be able to say whether there is good and marketable title to the relevant property.
ˈpaper ˌtitle [singular, uncountable] LAWownership of something and the legal document that shows this:• The significance of the paper title can be challenged if the landowner fails to maintain the land.
a legal document that proves that someone owns a particular property:• There was a difficulty getting proof of title from the Land Registry.
ˌregistered ˈtitle [singular, uncountable]in Britain, a right of ownership of land which has been recorded with the land registryˌroot of ˈtitle[singular, uncountable] LAW PROPERTY documents showing ownership of property, even if the property is not registered:• Land law traditionally focuses on the importance of documentation as the root of title.
— see also chain of title, cloud on title, evidence of title, examination of title* * *
title UK US /ˈtaɪtl/ noun► [C] the name of a book, film, article, piece of music, etc.: »The title of the film was ""An Unreasonable Man"".
with/under a title »The report is about to be published under the title Choosing Futures.
► [C] a book with a particular title that is produced by a publisher: »The publishing company has just 30 titles on its current list.
► [C] a word that is sometimes used in front of someone's name to show their position: »Use the pull-down menu to enter your title (Mr, Ms, Mrs, Dr, etc.).
► [C] HR the name of a particular job in an organization: »I have a new title: I'm Director of HR and Training.
keep/give up/relinquish a title »He gave up the title of CEO four years ago.
»I think his title is Chief of Staff.
► [S] a position that a person or team gets by beating all the others in a sports competition: hold/win/defend a title »The champion could not defend her title following knee surgery.
»the Premiership/World Series/Grand Slam title
► [C or U] LAW, PROPERTY the legal right to own a building or a piece of land: have/hold (the) title »He did not have title and therefore could not transfer the property to anyone else.
»Who holds the title to the property?
→ See also ABSOLUTE TITLE(Cf. ↑absolute title), ABSTRACT OF TITLE(Cf. ↑abstract of title), BAD TITLE(Cf. ↑bad title), DEDUCING TITLE(Cf. ↑deducing title), DEFECTIVE TITLE(Cf. ↑defective title), DOCUMENT OF TITLE(Cf. ↑document of title), MARKETABLE TITLE(Cf. ↑marketable title), PROOF OF TITLE(Cf. ↑proof of title), REGISTERED TITLE(Cf. ↑registered title), ROOT OF TITLE(Cf. ↑root of title), PAPER TITLE(Cf. ↑paper title), STRATA TITLE(Cf. ↑strata title)
Financial and business terms. 2012.
