color of title

color of title
The appearance but not the reality in title. 27 Am J1st Improv § 11; that which gives the semblance or appearance of title, but is not title in fact--that which, on its face, professes to pass title, but fails to do so because of a want of title in the person from whom it comes or the employment of an ineffective means of conveyance. 3 Am J2d Adv P § 96.

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