Clear-title meaning

A title that doesn’t have any liens or other legal problems that call into question the ownership of the property. The term may apply to real estate or to personal property such as cars. In real estate transactions, title searches are conducted by companies specializing in this service. After a title company has completed a search and found no problems, the title company offers insurance certifying that the title is clear. The term free and clear also may be used to mean that there is a clear title.
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(law) Full ownership of something, usually land, that is free of any encumbrances.
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Clear-title Sentence Examples

  • With the purchase of Louisiana (30th April 1803) the United States gained a clear title to the land between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains as far north as 49° and, because of contiguity, a shadowy claim to the region west of the mountains.

  • Strictly speaking, none of the Lancasters after Thomas had any clear title either by grant or otherwise; such title as they had merged in the crown when Henry IV.

  • In the meantime negotiations were begun for acquiring a clear title to the unoccupied portion of the Cherokee Strip, for individual allotments to the members of the several small tribes who had received tribal allotments since 1866, and for the purchase of what remained after such individual allotments had been made.

  • With the purchase of Louisiana (30th April 1803) the United States gained a clear title to the land between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains as far north as 49° and, because of contiguity, a shadowy claim to the region west of the mountains.

  • In most cases banks will settle outstanding debts on the property so they can sell the property with a clear title.

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