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TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from See also:Lat. titulus)  , an inscription prefixed to a See also:book or other See also:writing, designating the name by which it is to be known, and in many cases indicating the See also:scope of the book or some See also:idea of the nature of its contents . Further, the See also:term is extended to the descriptive heading or See also:caption to a document, such as a See also:deed or other See also:instrument, or to a See also:bill or See also:act of See also:parliament . Another See also:general meaning is that of an appellation of See also:rank (see TITLES OF See also:HONOUR, and the articles See also:EMPEROR, See also:KING, See also:PRINCE, See also:MAJESTY, See also:HIGHNESS, See also:DUKE, &c.) . In See also:law " See also:title " is See also:equivalent to right of ownership . The See also:instruments in writing forming the evidences of the title to See also:land are the title-deeds (see See also:CONVEYANCING; LAND See also:REGISTRATION) . In ecclesiastical usage, the word " title " (titulus) are used of certain churches in See also:Rome to which districts were attached, their See also:history being of importance in the See also:evolution of the See also:Roman cardinalate (see See also:CARDINAL) . It was also used, as now, for a See also:condition precedent to ordination; in the See also:early Roman See also:Church an See also:appointment to officiate in a particular church; this was extended gradually from the idea of locality to that of See also:evidence of means of support . In the Church of See also:England the See also:candidate must have " some certain See also:place where he can exercise his See also:function "; for See also:deacon's orders he must have a nomination to a curacy, and for See also:priest's orders either that or a presentation to a living .

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