title insurance


noun
  1. insurance protecting the owner or mortgagee of real estate from lawsuits or claims arising from a defective title.

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How to use title insurance in a sentence

  • As for the cost of title insurance, the corporations issuing such policies have an established scale of prices.

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  • He should also insist upon receiving an abstract of title, or a title guarantee from a reliable title insurance company.

  • For the most economical conduct of the title insurance business an expensive plant is necessary.

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