title conveyance
21Voluntary Conveyance — Transfer of title from a delinquent homeowner to a lender to satisfy the balance on a loan in default. The delinquent borrower transfers title on a voluntary basis, in order to avoid foreclosure. Voluntary conveyance also refers to a transfer of… …
22Conservation conveyance — The Conservation Conveyance is a 2003 statute, Title 10 of the United States Code, section 2694(a), authorizing military departments to convey surplus real property to states, local governments, or private, land acquiring non profit conservators… …
23Aboriginal title in the United States — A document commemorating a 1636 conveyance of land from Narragansett chief Canonicus to Roger Williams The United States was the first jurisdiction to acknowledge the common law doctrine of aboriginal title (also known as original Indian title or …
24Aboriginal title in the Marshall Court — Chief Justice John Marshall composed several early and influential opinions on …
25deed of conveyance — ˌdeed of conˈveyance noun deeds of conveyance PLURALFORM [countable] LAW PROPERTY a formal document showing change of ownership of land, buildings etc: • The deed of conveyance of the land was executed on 21st January. * * * deed of conveyance UK …
26color of title — The appearance, semblance, or simulacrum of title. Also termed apparent title. Any fact, extraneous to the act or mere will of the claimant, which has the appearance, on its face, of supporting his claim of a present title to land, but which, for …
27color of title — The appearance, semblance, or simulacrum of title. Also termed apparent title. Any fact, extraneous to the act or mere will of the claimant, which has the appearance, on its face, of supporting his claim of a present title to land, but which, for …
28worthier title — wor·thi·er title n often cap W&T: a common law doctrine providing that an heir receiving a devise of an estate that is the same as the estate he or she would receive by descent if the grantor died without a will receives the property by descent… …
29Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act — (UFCA) USA A model Act adopted in 1918 to codify and bring uniformity to the common law of fraudulent conveyance. In many states it has been repealed and replaced with the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA). The U …
30worthier title doctrine — A common law rule that provides that a conveyance of real property by a grantor to another person for life with a limitation to the grantor s heirs creates a reversion in the grantor by which his or her heirs acquire the property only upon the… …
