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 Ch. 13.

HE foregoing chapters having been principally employed in defining the nature of things real, in decribing the tenures by which they may be holden, and in ditinguihing the everal kinds of etate or interet that may be had therein, I come now to conider, latly, the title to things real, with the manner of acquiring and loing it. A title is thus defined by ir Edward Coke, titulus et juta caua poidendi id quod notrum et; or, it is the means whereby the owner of lands hath the jut poeion of his property.

are everal tages or degrees requiite to form a complete title to lands and tenements. We will conider them in a progreive order.

I. lowet and mot imperfect degree of title conits in the mere naked poeion, or actual occupation of the etate; without any apparent right, or any hadow or pretence of right, to hold and continue uch poeion. This may happen, when one man invades the poeion of another, and by force or urprize turns him out of the occupation of his lands; which is termed a dieiin, being a deprivation of that actual eiin, or corporal Rh