After-Acquired Title

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After-Acquired Title

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Commercial law: property acquired by a debtor after he has entered into an agreement in which other property is put up as security for a loan.


Bankruptcy law: property acquired by the bankrupt after he has filed to be declared a bankrupt. This property is generally free of all claims of the bankrupt’s creditors.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A legal doctrine under which, if a grantor conveys what is mistakenly believed to be good title to land that he or she did not own, and the grantor later acquires that title, it vests automatically in the grantee.

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