chain of title

noun

In the law of real property, a series of documents recorded in the appropriate government repository which establish the passage of a parcel of property from owner to owner, ideally back to the first owner to reduce the property to private ownership.

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Meanings

nounchain of title (plural chains of title)

plural chains of title

  1. lawIn the law of real property, a series of documents recorded in the appropriate government repository which establish the passage of a parcel of property from owner to owner, ideally back to the first owner to reduce the property to private ownership.

Translations

Spanish cadena titulativa
  • cadena titulativaseries of documents
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APA

chain of title. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain%20of%20title

MLA

“chain of title.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain%20of%20title. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chain of title,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chain%20of%20title.

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