CONCEPT OF TITLE
INTRODUCTION
◦ “TITLE”
Titulus – Roman
Titre - French
Title means any facts which creates a right or duty.
According to Salmond title is the fifth element of legal right. “Every legal right
has a title, that is to say certain facts or events by reason of which the right has
become vested in its owner.
Legal rights are created by title. A person has a right to a thing because he has a
title to that thing.
Classification of Titles
◦VESTITIVE FACTS
INVESTITIVE FACTS DIVESTITIVE
FACTS
Original titles Derivative titles Alienative facts
Extinctive facts
DISPOSITIVE FACTS
Investitive Divestitive
Translative
Collative Impositive Destructive Exonerative
◦ According to another classification, Vestitive facts are divided into two categories.
◦ Acts of the law
◦ Acts in the law
◦ Acts in the law are further divided into:
◦ Unilateral acts
◦ Bilateral acts
◦ Bilateral acts or agreements are four kinds:
◦ Contracts
◦ Grants
◦ Assignment
◦ Releases
Act in the Law
◦ They are the acts of the parties performed voluntarily. They create, transfer and
extinguish rights.
◦ Expresses the will of the parties.
◦ Unilateral acts and Bilateral acts
◦ Unilateral acts are those in which the will of only one party is effective or operative.
◦ Bilateral acts require the consenting will of two or more distinct persons or parties.
Importance of Agreements
◦Agreement between parties have great importance.
◦They create rights and liabilities also they are evidence.
◦Agreements are enforced by courts.
KINDS OF AGREEMENTS
◦ Three Kinds
1. Agreements which creates rights: Contracts & Grants
2. Agreements which transfer rights: Assignments.
3. Agreements which extinguish : Releases.
Validity of Agreements
1. Incapacity of parties.
2. Legal formalities are not fulfilled.
3. Declared invalid by law.
4. Account of error or mistake.
5. Consent of parties is obtained by means of compulsion,
undue influence and coercion.
6. No consideration.
Conclusion
◦A title is a document that shows legal ownership of a property
or asset. A title can represent ownership of a real asset such
as a car or an intangible property or asset such as a
trademark.
◦A title might show ownership of property rights of an individual
or business, which is the ownership of resources whether
they're tangible (physical in nature) or intangible. Titles can be
obtained by purchased or inherited as an estate.