Rullock, 109 Ga
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
532, 35 S. E. 52; Donovan v. Pitcher, 58 Ala. 411, 25 Am. Rep. 684. (2) A grant of land which requires no further act from the legal authority to constitute an absolute title to the land taking effect at once. Hancock v. McKinney, 7 Tex. 457. (8) A title which does not disclose a patent defect suggesting the possibility of a lawsuit to defend it; a title such as a well-informed and prudent man paying full value for the property would be willing to take. Birge v. Bock, 44 Mo. App. 77. (4) A title which is good both at law and in equity. Warner v. Middlesex Mut. Assur. Co., 21 Conn. 449. (5) One which is good and valid beyond all reasonable doubt. Sheehy v. Miles, 93 Cal. 288, 28 Pac. 1046; Reynolds v. Borel, 86 Cal. 538, 25 Pac. 67. (6) marketable or merchantable title. Ross v. Smiley, 18 Colo.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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