abstract of title

noun [C] PROPERTY, LAW

Definition

› a set of documents showing all the previous owners of a piece of land or property: The ownership and use of roadways and other common areas should appear on the abstracts of title.

(Definition of abstract of title noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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