Legal title
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 35 U.S. 269 - Ringo v. Binns · 1836Most cited · 33 citing opinions
The legal title must rest upon entry, survey, registry and patent; and it will be admitted that a legal title cannot be in any one until a patent has been issued; and further, that all of those requirements to make a complete title, shall have been done without fraud, to give to a patentee a valid title.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
One cognizable or enforceable in a court of law, or one which ls complete and perfect so far as regards the apparent right of ownership and possession, but which carries no beneficial interest in the property, another person being equitably entitled thereto ; in either case, the antithesis of "equitable title."
Defined under Title in Black's Law Dictionary.