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Land Title and Deeds
Land Title and Deeds
1. ) Ownership/claim of ownership
2. ) Totality of facts/operative facts which result in such ownership or claim of
ownership is based.
Other terms:
A. Equitable Title/ownership - present title in land which will ripen into “legal
ownership” upon the performance of conditions subsequent.
B. Possession - does not necessarily imply title (Popovich vs. State, 177 N.E., 458,
462). Possession means actual control of property by physical occupation, while title
is the means whereby one holds possession of his land