just title
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1891)
Definitions from Case Law
From 266 U.S. 144 - Fernandez v. Ojeda · 1924Most cited · 52 citing opinions
A just title does not mean a perfect title, as otherwise prescription would not be needed. If the title is good on its face and the possessor under it has no notice of any extrinsic defect, it will found a good title in ten years.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
By the term “just title,” in cases of prescription, we do not understand that which the possessor may have derived from the trues owner, for then no true prescription would be necessary, but a title which the possessor may have received from any person whom he honestly believed to be the real owner, provided the title were such as to transfer the ownership of the property. Civil Code La, art. 3484.