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

You could buy a small Massachusetts town and deliver the title deed to Harvard along with your kid’s application.

From Time

The answer came that California was held as a conquered province, and no title deed could be executed.

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After-comers seeing the pick in the ground, consider it a good title-deed, and pass on to fresh spots.

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But his researches in physical optics constitute his chief title-deed to immortality.

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Your title deed to your farm rests upon your loyalty as citizens of the Republic.

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Whenever you refuse to support the people of the Republic you have by your own act annulled the title deed of your land.

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