Blacks Law Dictionary 2nd Ed. What is OWNER? The person in whom is vested the ownership, dominion, or title of property; proprietor. Garver v. Ilawkeye Ins. Co., 09 Iowa, 202, 28 N. W. 555; Turner v. Cross, 83 Tex. 218, 18 S. W. 578, 15 L. It. A. 202; Coombs v. People, 19S 111. 580, 64 N. E. 1056; Atwater v. Spalding, 86 Minn. 101, 90 N. W. 370, 91 Am. St. Rep. 331. He who has dominion of a thing, real or personal, corporeal or incorporeal, which he lias a right to enjoy and do with as he pleases, even to spoil or destroy it. as far as the law permits, unless he be prevented by some agreement or covenant which restrains his right. Bouvier. What is OWNERSHIP? The complete dominion, title, or proprietary right in a thing or claim. See . What is LEGAL OWNER? Entity with an asset’s or property’s enforceable claim or title. Lawfully recognized. For example, a person or company owning a property will be a lender with legal ownership who can lease or mortgage the property as collateral for loan payment. A borrower, renter, lessee retains only the right of redemption in it as its legal possessor. What is DEED? A sealed instrument, containing a contract or covenant, delivered by the party to be bound thereby, and accepted by the party to whom the contract or covenant runs.A writing containing a contract sealed and delivered to the party thereto. 3 Washb.Real Prop. 239. In its legal sense, a “deed” is an instrument in writing, upon paper or parchment, between parties able to contract, subscribed, sealed, and delivered. Insurance Co. v.Avery, 00 Ind. 572; 4 Kent, Comm. 452. In a more restricted sense, a written agreement, signed, sealed, and delivered, by which one person conveys land, tenements, or hereditaments to another. This is its ordinary modern meaning. Sanders v. Riedinger. 30 App. Div. 277. 51 N. Y. Supp. 937:Reed v. Hazleton, 37 Kan. 321. 15 Pac. 177; Dudley v. Sunnier. 5 Mass. 470; Fisher v.Pender, 52 N. C. 485. The term is also used as synonymous with “fact,” “actuality,” or “act of parties.”Thus a thing “in deed” is one that has been really or expressly done; as opposed to “inlaw,” which means that it is merely implied or presumed to have been done. What is TITLE? The radical meaning of this word appears to be that of a mark, style, or designation; a distinctive appellation; the way by which anything is known. Thus, in the law of persons, a title is an appellation of dignity or distinction, a name denoting the social rank of the person bearing it; as “duke” or “count.” So, in legislation, the title of a statute is the heading or preliminary part, furnishing the name by which the act is individually known. It is usually prefixed to the statute in the form of a brief summary of its contents; as “An act for the prevention of gaming.” Again, the title of a patent is the short description of the invention, which is copied in the letters patent from the inventor’s petition; c. g., “a new and improved method of drying and preparing malt.” Johns. Pat. Man. 90. In the law of trademarks, a title may become a subject of property; as one who has adopted a particular title for a newspaper, or other business enterprise, may, by long and prior user, or by compliance with statutory provisions as to registration and notice, acquire a right to be protected in tlie exclusive use of it Abbott. The title of a book, or any literary composition. is its name; that is, the heading or caption prefixed to it, and disclosing the distinctive appellation by which it is to be known. This usually comprises a brief description of its subject-matter and the name of its author. “Title” is also used as the name of one of the subdivisions employed in many literary works, standing intermediate between the divisions denoted by the term “books” or “parts,” and those designated as “chapters” and “sections.” In real property law. Title is the means whereby the owner of lands has the just possession of his property. Co. Litt 345; 2 Bl. Comm. 195. Title is the mean whereby a person’s right to property is established. Code Ga. 1S82. What is BILL OF SALE? A document that transfers ownership of property. If a condition must be met first than its called a conditional bill of sale. What is TENANT? the merits can be had. Jesse French Tiano Co. v. Porter, 134 Ala. 302, 32 South. 678, 92 Am. St. Rep. 31; Calvert v. State, 34 Neb. 616, 52 N. W. 687. A temporary receiver is one appointed to take charge of property until a hearing is had and an adjudication made. Boonville Nat Bank v. Blakey, 107 Fed. 895, 47 C. C. A. 43. A temporary statute is one limited in respect to its duration. People v. Wright. 70 111. 399. As to temporary insanity, see INSANITY. Blacks Law Dictionary 2nd Ed What is TENANT SOLE? This term means the only tenant, the exclusive tenant and the only person who signed the lease.
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