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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
DOUBTFUL, chancery practice. A doubtful title is one which the court does not consider to be so clear that it will enforce its acceptance by a purchaser, nor so defective as to declare it a bad title, but only subject to so much doubt that a purchaser ought not to be compelled to accept it.
1 Jac. & Walk. R. 568; vide Title, Marketable.
At common law, doubtful titles are unknown; there every title must be either good or bed, Atkins on Titl. 17.