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n.
  1. An identifying name given to a book, play, film, musical composition, or other work.
  2. A general or descriptive heading, as of a book chapter.
    1. Written material to be read by viewers that is included in a film or television show, typically presenting credits, narration, or dialogue. Often used in the plural.
    2. A written piece of translated dialogue superimposed at the bottom of the frame during a film; a subtitle.
  4. Law. A heading that names a document, statute, or proceeding.
  5. A division of a law book, declaration, or bill, generally larger than a section or article.
  6. A written work that is published or about to be published: the titles in a press's fall catalog.
  7. Law.
    1. The coincidence of all the elements that constitute the fullest legal right to control and dispose of property or a claim.
    2. The aggregate evidence that gives rise to a legal right of possession or control.
    3. The instrument, such as a deed, that constitutes this evidence.
    1. Something that provides a basis for or justifies a claim.
    2. A legitimate or alleged right. See synonyms at claim.
  9. A formal appellation attached to the name of a person or family by virtue of office, rank, hereditary privilege, noble birth, or attainment or used as a mark of respect.
  10. A descriptive name; an epithet.
  11. Sports. A championship.
  12. Ecclesiastical.
    1. A source of income or area of work required of a candidate for ordination in the Church of England.
    2. A Roman Catholic church in or near Rome having a cardinal for its nominal head.
tr.v., -tled, -tling, -tles.
  1. To give a title to; entitle.
  2. To call by a name; style.

[Middle English, from Old English titul, superscription, and from Old French title, title, both from Latin titulus.]


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Investment Dictionary: Title
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The right to the ownership and possession of any item that may be legally recognized as belonging to someone or something. In its most basic sense, title is the recognition of ownership.

There are three components to the concept of title; possession or occupation, the right of possession and apparent ownership.

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Under a system of government that recognizes individual property rights, it is possible for an individual to have ownership over a vast amount of tangible or intangible property. Title may be gained by descent, grant or purchase.

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1. Name of a specific publication or film or, generically, any publication or film, such as the titles carried by a newsstand or by a film distributor.

2. Prefix used before or suffix used after an individual's name to properly address the individual according to standards of etiquette, such as Mr., Miss, Mrs., Jr., Sr., and so forth. See also gender analysis.

3. Designation for the functional responsibilities of individuals in their occupations, such as sales manager, teacher, president. Titles are used to select from a list the best prospects for a direct-marketing promotion. Counts by title of the individuals who read a publication are used to characterize that group of readers for potential advertisers. These advertisers can then place advertisements in publications that reach individuals in a position to buy what the advertisers are selling.

4. Brief text shown at the beginning or end of a film or television program, such as the credits indicating who produced the film. A title may be used to identify the primary sponsor/advertiser of a program.

5. Ownership of an entity, such as title to a house, or the legal document showing ownership of an entity.

6. Caption describing an illustration.

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Legally valid claim to ownership of real property, evidenced by deed, certificate of title, or bill of sale. A lender will extend Mortgage financing to a buyer only if the seller holds uncontested ownership of the property in question. Most states treat a mortgage as a lien against the title held by the lender, or Mortgagee but some states recognize a mortgage as a binding obligation of the borrower, or the Mortgagor named in the title. See also Title Company; Title Defect; Title Insurance; Title Search.

Real Estate Dictionary: Title
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Evidence that the owner of land is in lawful Possession thereof; evidence of ownership. See also Adverse Possession certificate of title, Clear Title, Color of Title, Cloud on the Title, Marketable Title.
Example: Title to land does not merely imply that a person has the right of Possession because one may have the right to possession and have no title. Title does ordinarily signify rights to possession in addition to evidence of ownership.
Example: Abel sold land to Baker. Title to the Property was transferred at closing by the deed Baker received.

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noun

  1. An issue of printed material offered for sale or distribution: opus, publication, volume, work. See words.
  2. The fact of possessing or the legal right to possess something: dominion, ownership, possession, proprietorship. See owned/unowned.
  3. A legitimate or supposed right to demand something as one's rightful due: claim, pretense, pretension. Slang dibs. See owned/unowned, request.
  4. A right or legal share in something: claim, interest, portion, stake. See part/whole.
  5. The word or words by which one is called and identified: appellation, appellative, cognomen, denomination, designation, epithet, name, nickname, style, tag. Slang handle, moniker. See specific/general, words.

verb

    To give a name or title to: baptize, call, christen, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, name, style, term. See specific/general, words.

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Evidence of the right of a person to the possession of property.

Architecture: title
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A legal right to the ownership of property. Also see abstract of title.

 
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title, in law, the means by which the owner has just and legal possession of his or her property. It is distinct from the document (e.g., a deed) that is evidence of the title. Title can be lost or acquired only by the methods established by law, that is, by inheritance or by purchase. Several persons may have different titles to the same property. While one holds a legal title (a claim to the land that is recognized by a court), another may hold an equitable title (the right to have the legal title transferred to him if certain conditions are met). This occurs if there is a mortgage on the land. If a person holds land free of all encumbrances he may claim to have perfect title. When property is purchased, a title search is made to make certain that the seller is the legitimate owner of the title he is selling; the resulting document is an abstract of title.

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

In property law, a comprehensive term referring to the legal basis of the ownership of property, encompassing real and personal property and intangible and tangible interests therein; also a document serving as evidence of ownership of property, such as the certificate of title to a motor vehicle.

In regard to legislation, the heading or preliminary part of a particular statute that designates the name by which that act is known.

In the law of trademarks, the name of an item that may be used exclusively by an individual for identification purposes to indicate the quality and origin of the item.

In the law of property, title in its broadest sense refers to all rights that can be secured and enjoyed under the law. It is frequently synonymous with absolute ownership. Title to property ordinarily signifies an estate in fee simple, which means that the holder has full and absolute ownership. The term does not necessarily imply absolute ownership, however; it can also mean mere possession or the right thereof.

The title of a statute is ordinarily prefixed to the text of a statute in the form of a concise summary of its contents, such as "An act for the prevention of the abuse of narcotics." Other statutes are given titles that briefly describe the subject matter, such as the "Americans with Disabilities Act." State constitutions commonly provide that every bill introduced in the state legislature must have a single subject expressed by the bill's title. Congress is under no such restriction under the U.S. Constitution, but House and Senate rules do have some guidelines for federal bills and statutes. Many, though not all, federal statutes have titles.

Under trademark law, if a publisher adopts a name, or title, for a magazine and uses it extensively in compliance with the law, the publisher may acquire a right to be protected in the exclusive use of that title. A trademark of the title can only be acquired through actual use of the title in connection with the goods, in this example, the magazine. Merely planning to use the title does not give rise to legally enforceable trademark rights.

See: title insurance; title search.

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IN BRIEF: An established or recognized right.Also: An heading.

pronunciation Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title. — Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

Wikipedia: Title
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For other uses, see Title (disambiguation).

A title is a prefix or suffix added to a person's name to signify either veneration, an official position or a professional or academic qualification. In some languages, titles may even be inserted between a first and last name (for example, Graf in German, Cardinal in Catholic usage or clerical titles such as Archbishop or Ter in the Armenian Apostolic Church). Some titles are hereditary.

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Academic titles

  • Masters
    • MA - Master of Arts
    • MBA - Master of Business Administration
    • MPA - Master of Public Administration
    • MBiochem - Master of Biochemistry
    • MChem - Master of Chemistry
    • MDiv - Master of Divinity
    • MEng - Master of Engineering
    • MFA - Master of Fine Arts
    • MPhil - Master of Philosophy
    • MSc - Master of Science
    • Magister - Magister
    • ThM - Master of Theology
  • Bachelor
    • BSc - Bachelor of Science
    • BA - Bachelor of Arts
    • BEng - Bachelor of Engineering
    • Bachelor of Fine Arts
  • Other

Professional titles

Ecclesiastical titles

Abbess • Abbot • Ablak • Anax • Archbishop • Archdeacon • Ayatollah • Blessed • Bishop • Bodhisattva • Brother • Buddha • Cantor • Cardinal • Catholicos • Chaplain • Deacon • Dean • Demiurge • Elder • Father • Friar • Imam • Mahdi • Messiah • Monsignor • Mother Superior • Mullah • Nath • Pastor • Patriarch • Pope • President, especially in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • Primate • Prophet • Rabbi • Rebbe • Reverend • Rosh HaYeshiva • Saint • Saoshyant • Sister • Ter • Tirthankar • Vardapet • Venerable

Devotional titles

Titles for heads of state

Elected or popularly proclaimed

Hereditary

Male version Female version Realm Adjective Latin Examples
Emperor Empress Empire imperial Imperator (Imperatrix) Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Ottoman Empire, Holy Roman Empire, Russia , First and Second French Empire, Austria, Mexico, Brazil, German Empire (none left in Europe after 1918), Empress of India (ceased to be used after 1947 when India was granted independence from the British Empire), Japan (the only remaining enthroned emperor in the world).
King Queen Kingdom royal Rex (Regina) Common in larger sovereign states
Viceroy Vicereine Viceroyalty viceroyal Proconsul Historical: Spanish Empire (Peru, New Spain, Rio de la Plata, New Granada), Portuguese Empire, (India, Brazil), British Empire
Grand Duke Grand Duchess Grand duchy Grand Ducal Magnus Dux Today: Luxembourg; historical: Lithuania, Baden, Finland, Tuscany et al.
Archduke Archduchess Archduchy archducal Arci Dux Historical: Unique only in Austria, Archduchy of Austria; title used for member of the Habsburg dynasty
Prince Princess Principality, Princely state princely Princeps Today: Monaco, Liechtenstein, Wales[1]; Andorra (Co-Princes). Historical: Albania, Serbia
Duke Duchess Duchy ducal Dux There are none left currently. Though historical examples include Normandy.
Count Countess County countly Comes Most common in the Holy Roman Empire, translated in German as Graf; historical: Barcelona, Brandenburg, Baden, numerous others
Baron Baroness Barony Baronial Baro There are normal baronies and sovereign baronies, a sovereign barony can be compared with a principality, however, this is an historical exception; sovereign barons no longer have a sovereign barony, but only the title and style
Pope Popess Papacy papal Papa Monarch of the Papal States and later Sovereign of the State of Vatican City

The pope is the Bishop of Rome (a celibate office always forbidden to women), in English however, reports of female popes such as (Pope Joan) refer to them as pope and Popess is used, among other things, for the second trump in the Tarot deck; some European languages also have a feminine form of the word pope, such as the Italian papessa, the French papesse, and the German Päpstin

Historical titles for heads of state

The following are no longer officially in use, though some may be claimed by former regnal dynasties.

Appointed

Elected or popularly declared

Hereditary

When a difference exists below, male titles are placed to the left and female titles are placed to the right of the slash.

  • Oceania
    • Chieftain - Leader of a tribe or clan.
    • Tuʻi or tui - there were/are also kings in Oceania (i.e. Tonga, Wallis and Futuna, Nauru)
    • houʻeiki, matai, aliʻi, tūlafale, tavana, ariki - usually translated as "chief" in various Polynesian countries.
    • "Mo'i" normally translated as King is a title used by Hawaiian monarchs since unification in 1810. The last person to hold that title was Queen Lili'uokalani.[citation needed]

Fictional titles for heads of state

Honorary titles granted by heads of state

Current

Historical

Executive branch of government and other sub-national rulers

Currently in use

Historical

Judicial titles

In current use

Historical

Ovie - King in Urhobo language

Legislative titles

In current use

Historical

Honorary titles granted by an institution

Titles granted by an institution and used in direct address:

Titles awarded by institutions due to merit but not used in correspondence:

Honorary job titles in the royal household:

  • Hereditary Falconer
  • Queen's Swan Marker
  • Grand Carver
  • Herb Strewer

Titles granted by institutions due to position rather than merit (e.g. job title):

Honorary titles granted by a mentor with the same title

Honorary titles granted by one's peers

Honorary titles bestowed by followers

See also

Sources

  • African Kings by Daniel Lainé
  • Keepers of the Kingdom by Alastair Bruce, Julian Calder, and Mark Cator
  • Master and Commander, film directed by Peter Weir

References

  1. ^ Prince of Wales is a courtesy title given to the eldest son (if there is one) of the King/Queen of Great Britain and Nthn Ireland - he is not a monarch in his own right

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - titel, navn, benævnelse
v. tr. - benævne, betitle, give titel, titulere

idioms:

  • title bar    titellinie, overskriftsbjælke
  • title deed    adkomstdokument, skøde
  • title holder    titelindehaver
  • title page    forside
  • title role    titelrolle
  • title track    titelspor

Nederlands (Dutch)
titel, opschrift, titulatuur, betiteling, kampioen(schap), benoeming, (eigendoms) recht/ bewijs, betitelen

Français (French)
n. - titre, (Sport) titre, titre de noblesse, (gén, Jur) titre, (Cin) générique (npl)
v. tr. - intituler

idioms:

  • title bar    (Comput) barre de titre
  • title deed    titre constitutif de propriété
  • title holder    tenant du titre
  • title page    page de titre
  • title role    rôle principal, rôle titre
  • title track    piste du générique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Titel, Überschrift, Rechtsanspruch, Berechtigung, Titularkirche
v. - betiteln, mit einem Titel versehen

idioms:

  • title bar    Titelzeile
  • title deed    Eigentumsurkunde, Kaufbrief
  • title holder    Titelhalter
  • title page    Titelseite
  • title role    Titelrolle
  • title track    Musikstück, das den Titel gibt

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τίτλος (ευγενείας, πρωταθλητή, ιδιοκτησίας, επικεφαλίδα)
v. - τιτλοφορώ

idioms:

  • title bar    (Η/Υ) μπάρα τίτλου
  • title deed    (νομ.) τίτλος ιδιοκτησίας ή κυριότητας
  • title holder    τιτλούχος, πρωταθλητής
  • title page    (τυπογρ.) σελίδα ψευδότιτλου, σελίδα του εσωφύλλου
  • title role    επώνυμος ρόλος, πρώτος ρόλος
  • title track    ομότιτλο τραγούδι άλμπουμ

Italiano (Italian)
titolo, intitolare

idioms:

  • title deed    titolo di proprietà
  • title holder    campione, proprietario
  • title page    frontespizio
  • title role    ruolo principale
  • title track    canzone del titolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - título (m), rótulo (m), denominação honorífica (f)
v. - intitular, denominar

idioms:

  • title deed    título de propriedade (m)
  • title holder    detentor de título de propriedade (m)
  • title page    página de rosto (f), frontispício (m)
  • title role    papel principal (m)
  • title track    título (m) da faixa é o mesmo do disco de música

Русский (Russian)
титул

idioms:

  • title deed    (юр.) документ, подтверждающий право собственности
  • title holder    (спорт.) чемпион, обладатель звания чемпиона
  • title page    титульный лист
  • title role    заглавная роль
  • title track    песня/музыка кот. именуется вся пластина/компакт диск

Español (Spanish)
n. - título, calificativo, campeonato, epígrafe
v. tr. - titular, intitular, llamar, denominar, conferir un título a

idioms:

  • title bar    barra de título
  • title deed    título de propiedad
  • title holder    campeón, titular
  • title page    portada
  • title role    papel principal
  • title track    la canción que da nombre al CD

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - titel
v. - ge titel (namn) åt, betitla, titulera, kalla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
头衔, 标题, 名称, 赋予头衔, 加标题于

idioms:

  • title bar    标题栏
  • title deed    所有权证书
  • title holder    冠军保持者
  • title page    扉页, 书名页, 封面
  • title role    剧名角色, 片名角色
  • title track    标题歌曲, 标题音乐

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 頭銜, 標題, 名稱
v. tr. - 賦予頭銜, 加標題於

idioms:

  • title bar    標題欄
  • title deed    所有權證書
  • title holder    冠軍保持者
  • title page    扉頁, 書名頁, 封面
  • title role    劇名角色, 片名角色
  • title track    標題歌曲, 標題音樂

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 자막, 직함, 자격
v. tr. - 표제를 붙이다, 칭호를 주다, 자막을 넣다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 題名, 肩書き, 爵位, 選手権, タイトル, 正当な権利, 所有権, 字幕
v. - 表題を付ける, 称号を与える

idioms:

  • title deed    権利証書
  • title holder    称号を持つ人, タイトル保持者
  • title page    標題紙
  • title role    主題役
  • title track    タイトルトラック

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اسم كتاب, عنوان (فعل) يعنون, يسمي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תואר, כינוי-כבוד, שם, כותרת, כותר של ספר, אליפות, זכות הקניין, זכות יוצרים, הסמכה לכמורה, כנסיה קהילתית ברומא‬
v. tr. - ‮העניק תואר ל-‬

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