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Doubtful Title

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

One as to the validity of which there exists some doubt, either as to matter of fact or of law; one which invites or exposes the party holding it to litigation. Distinguished from a "marketable" title, which is of such a character that the courts wiil compel its acceptanco by a purchaser who has agreed to buy the property or has bid it in at public sale.

Herman v. Somers, 158 Pa. 424, 27 Atl. 1050, 38 Ain. St Rep. 85L