equitable title
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 83 U.S. 603 - Railway Company v. Prescott · 1872Most cited · 122 citing opinions
lands sold by the United States may be taxed before they have parted with the legal title by issuing a patent … as applicable to cases where the right to the patent is complete, and the equitable title is fully vested in the party without anything more to be paid, or any act to be done going to the foundation of his right.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An equitable title is a right in the party to whom it belongs to have the legal title transferred to him; or the beneficial interest of one person whom equity regains as the real owner, although the legal title is vested in another. Thygerson v. Whitbeck, 5 Utah, 406, 16 Pac. 403; Beringer v. Lute, 188 Pa. 364, 41 Atl. 643.
Defined under Title in Black's Law Dictionary.