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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0This page is continued from<\/span><\/span><\/strong> Law of Property<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/strong>>>>><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Property<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/strong>>>>> Ownership<\/a>>>>> Title<\/a>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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chain of title<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\n(18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The ownership history of a piece of land, from its first owner to the present one.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 aka line of title<\/span><\/strong><\/em>; string of title<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. The ownership history of commercial paper, traceable through the indorsements. \u00a0* \u00a0For the holder to have good title, every proper\u00a0<\/span>negotiation<\/span>\u00a0must have been proper. \u00a0If a necessary\u00a0indorsement is missing or forged, the chain of title is broken and no later transferee can become a holder.<\/span><\/span><\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. The successive conveyances and devolutions of title, commencing with the patent from the government or some other source and ending with the conveyance or devolution to the person claiming title presently. Capper v Poulen<\/em>, 321 Ill 480, 482, 152 NE 587, 588<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The succession of transactions through which title to a given piece of land was passed from person to person from its origins the present day.<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0See abstract of title<\/em>; title search<\/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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