Glossary
Title Examiner Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential title examiner terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key title examiner vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in title examiner training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Chain of title
- History of ownership.
- Cloud on title
- Problem affecting ownership.
- Deed
- Document transferring ownership.
- Easement
- Right to use land.
- Encumbrance
- Claim limiting a title.
- Grantee
- Person receiving property.
- Grantor
- Person transferring property.
- Judgment
- Court decision for money owed.
- Legal description
- Exact property boundaries.
- Lien
- Legal claim on property.
- Plat
- Map of subdivided land.
- Recorder’s office
- County records office.
- Release
- Document clearing a lien.
- Title commitment
- Promise to insure title.
- Title insurance
- Protects against title defects.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Title Examiner practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Title Examiner training.
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