paper title

noun [C] LAW, PROPERTY

Definition

› the document showing that someone has the legal right to own a building or a piece of land: The paper title may occasionally be challenged by people who are more established on a piece of land.

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

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