{"id":16701,"date":"2018-06-30T18:40:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T18:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=16701"},"modified":"2018-06-30T20:10:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T20:10:36","slug":"cloud-on-title-a-defect-or-potential-defect-in-the-owners-title-to-a-piece-of-land-arising-from-some-claim-or-encumbrance-i-e-a-lien-easement-court-order","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=16701","title":{"rendered":"cloud on title – a defect or potential defect in the owners’ title to a piece of land arising from some claim or encumbrance (i.e. a lien, easement, court order)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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cloud on title<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(1826)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A defect or potential defect in the owners’ title to a piece of land arising from some claim or encumbrance, such as a lien, an easement, or a court order.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 aka blot on title<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0See action to quiet title<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An outstanding instrument, record, claim, unreleased encumbrance, or defectively executed deed in the chain of title, which superficially renders the title doubtful but is actually illegal or unenforceable for want of equity in enforcement of which equity will take cognizance in a suit for\u00a0<\/span>cancellation<\/span>\u00a0of the offending instrument or the quiting of te\u00a0title against the defect or imperfection.<\/span><\/span> 13 Am J2d Canc Inst\u00a0\u00a7 50<\/span>; <\/span><\/span>44 Am J1st Quit T\u00a0\u00a7 11<\/span>; a semblance of title, either legal orequitable, or a claim of a right in lands, appearing in some legal form, but which is, in fact, invalid, or which it would be inequitable to enforce. 44 Am J1st Quiet T\u00a0\u00a7 11<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. An outstanding potential claim against real estate somewhere in the chain of title, which reduces the market value of the property.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0See defective title<\/em>. [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Tenth<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Assistant<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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