Tax Title
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A title to land derived through the sale of it for delinquent taxes, or through the foreclosure of a tax lien.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The title by which one holds land which he purchased at a tax sale. tagonistic to all other claims to the land; Willcuts y. Rollins, 85 la. 247, 52 N. W. 109 but in Pennsylvania, by statute, tax sales do not always cut out existing liens. The owner of land can acquire a tax title by purchasing it at a tax sale; Griffin v. Turner, 75 la 250, 39 N. W. 294.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The title by which one holds land which he purchased at a tax-sale. That species of title which is inaugurated by a successful bid for land at a collector's sale of the same for non-payment of taxes, completed by the failure of those entitled to redeem within the specified time, and evidenced by the deed executed to the tax purchaser, or his assignee, by the proper officer.
Defined under Tax in Black's Law Dictionary.