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Color Of Title

The appearance, semblance, or simulacrum of title. Any fact, extraneous to the act or mere will of tlie claimant, which has the appearance, on its face, of supporting his claim of a present title to land, but which, for some defect, in reality falls short of establishing lt. wright v. Mattison, 18 How. 56, 15 L. Ed. 280; Cameron v. U. S., 148 U. S. 301, 13 Sup. Ct

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)