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In a titular manner; nominally; by title only.

A person invested with a title, in virtue of which he holds an office or benefice, whether he performs the duties of it or not.

Having a title. [Obs.] Fuller.

Honorable discourse; eulogy. [Obs.] She was born noble; let that title find her a private grave, but neither tongue nor honor. Beau. & Fl.

A system of registration of titles to land (as distinct from registration of deeds) introduced into South Australia by the Real Property (or Torrens) Act (act 15 of 1857-58), drafted by Sir Robert Torrens (1814-84). Its essential feature is the guaranty by the government of properly registered titles. The system has be…

control of; to pass; to convey, as a right, from one person to another; to give; as, the title to land is transferred by deed.

ngs, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another.

ccurrences and observations during a journey; as, a book of travels; -- often used as the title of a book; as, Travels in Italy.

Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman.

The title of the emperor of Russia. See Czar.

The title of the empress of Russia. See Czarina.

Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous. Recompensed with turgent titles. Burton.

The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.

Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title. [R.] Swift. -- Un`con*trol"la*ble*ness, n. -- Un`con*trol"la*bly, adv.

Not cultivated; untitled; as, an unlabored field.

Not questionable; as, an unquestionable title.

To divest of the title or privilege of an esquire. Swift.

The acquisition of the title or right to property by the uninterrupted possession of it for a certain term prescribed by law; -- the same as prescription in common law.

ide; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage.

able in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.