justo titulo
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Definitions from Case Law
From 215 U.S. 410 - Marcelo Tiglao v. Insular Government of Philippine Islands · 1910Most cited · 14 citing opinions
just title
The phrase justo titulo is explained to mean a title such as to transfer the property,—Schmidt, Civil Law of Spain and Mexico, 289, 290; see Partidas, 1.
18, t. 29, p.
3; or, as it is defined in the Civil Code of a few years later than the decree of 1880, 'that which legally suffices to transfer the ownership.
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