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In Scotch law. The loss of the feu, from allowing two years of feu duty to run into the third unpaid. Bell. … [Read more...] about TINSEL OF THE FEU

A document that is related to the ownership of property. See title deed. … [Read more...] about TITLE DOCUMENT

A place where spirituous liquors are sold and drunk in violation of law. Sometimes the mere selling is considered as evidence of keeping a tippling house. … [Read more...] about TIPPLING HOUSE

The insurance issued by a title company for a parcel of real estate. Title insurance protects a property owner against later discovery that the title to the property is imperfect or defective. The purpose of title insurance is to deal with the imperfection of land records. For example, a buyer of a parcel of real estate discovers later that another person or party has an … [Read more...] about TITLE INSURANCE

In English law. An officer appointed by the marshal of the king's bench to attend upon the judges with a kind of rod or staff tipped with silver, who take into their custody all prisoners, either committed or turned over by the judges at their chambers, etc. Jacob. In American law. An ofllcer appointed by the court whose duty is to wait upon the court when it is in session, … [Read more...] about TIPSTAFF