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Definitions from Case Law

From 73 U.S. 112 - League v. Atchison · 1867Most cited · 7 citing opinions

a regular chain of transfer from, or under the sovereignty of the soil

How often courts cite the cases defining “title”

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Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “title” — 12 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.

All 2 definitions, chronological · 1860–1867

  1. 1860·65 U.S. 214 - Miguel Davila v. David Mumford and Jesse Mumford[p8]· cited 5×
    ORIGINAL

    a regular chain of transfer from or under the sovereignty of the soil