Deed of Creation of a Possessory Title
A seller-issued instrument setting out the company’s theory of a possessory manorial title and purporting to create or assign that title on 11 March 2024. It is evidence of the theory asserted, not independent proof of the historical lordship’s ownership.
Open document- Source type
- Seller-issued instrument
- Provenance
- Supplied by Manorial Title Register Limited to the purchaser
- Evidence status
- documented
This instrument, executed on 11 March 2024, presents Manorial Title Register Limited’s legal theory for the possession and transfer of an incorporeal “possessory title.” It distinguishes possession from a right to possess and uses the terms jus in re propria and jura in re aliena. It then purports to create or assign the described title to James P. Howard, II.
Evidential Weight
The instrument is useful primary evidence of the seller’s theory and of the paperwork supplied in the transaction. It is not a judgment, a Land Registry entry, or an opinion from an independent solicitor. No documentary root connecting the company to a previous holder of the historical lordship is included.
The title’s historical existence and the effectiveness of this particular instrument are separate propositions. The former is well supported; the latter remains unestablished on the present evidence. See the state of the claim.