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INDICIA TITLE [3 records]

Record 1 2025-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents
OBS

of licence

OBS

indicia of title : evidence of title, as a deed to land or a bill of sale of personal property.

OBS

indicium = indice.

OBS

Indicium in the civil law, a sign or mark. A species of proof, answering nearly to the circumstantial evidence of the common law = indice.

OBS

indicia, the plural of "indicium" (= an indication, sign, token), is itself a singular noun forming the plurals "indicia" and "indicias", the former being preferred: ... In the civil law, "indicium" is a species of proof similar to common-law circumstantial evidence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques
OBS

Marque, preuve.

OBS

indices : pluriel d'usage

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

... the Government, as a seller, had an obligation to provide sufficient indicia of title at the time of sale to allow transfer of title

OBS

indicia of title : term usually used in the plural in this context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

signes du titre de propriété: terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • signe du titre de propriété

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Whether the seller is alleged to have the appearance of an agent or an owner, the cases show that something more than mere possession of the goods in question is required before estoppel can be pleaded. It is necessary for the seller to be armed with some "indicia" which made it appear that he was either the owner or had the right to sell. The mere handing over of a chattel to another does not create an estoppel. There will be no estoppel unless the doctrine of ostensible ownership applies, for example, when the owner gives the recipient a document of title, or, invests him with the "indicia" of ownership.(Fridman, "Sale of Goods", p. 133-134)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

doctrine de la propriété ostensible : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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