Business and Personal Finance Dictionary

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• ROOT OF TITLE
  
  Any defect in ownership of property which throws into question the very basic issue of who actually owns the property. An unresolved problem going to the root of title is grounds for rescission of the Agreement of Purchase and Sale no matter when it is discovered before closing.
  
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