legitimate title

At the time, not many people recognized the championship of this weight class as a legitimate title.

You wouldn't buy a house or a car that somebody hasn't given you a legitimate title to.

Again, the estate was said to hold legitimate title to large sections of land in Wilmington.

Yet if they were referring to a legitimate title, why should not Pilate have been doing so as well?

However, it was argued that most of these schools did not have schedules strong enough to be legitimate title contenders.

At the same time, he set about gaining legitimate title to as much land near the discovery as possible.

At least four teams have legitimate title hopes.

The draft statement says the Palestinians have "the right to a clear, legitimate title to their territory, not dependent on the authority of others."

Miami hopes to strut its stuff and beat a legitimate title contender.

Its sole benefit is to create one game that precludes all but two powerful contenders from a legitimate title shot.

Thus it was argued that William had a legitimate title to the throne because he won it by right of conquest in a just war.

They went from a legitimate title contender to a team that hovered around .500 in winning percentage.

These were the Devil's legitimate titles.

"Senator" is not a legitimate title.

Although the word has a pejorative meaning nowadays, it was once a legitimate title of office in the Byzantine Empire.

Some NWA territories and officials recognized the disputed win as a legitimate title change, while others did not.

The Hornets, legitimate title contenders in the East this season, might find themselves on the outside of the Western Conference playoffs for several seasons.

These are claimed by a wrestler and defended in sanctioned matches, but are not recognized as legitimate titles by the promotion.

The Austrian government had rejected all previous claims to the painting, most recently in 1999, on the ground that the Belvedere had legitimate title to it.

It has indeed been a startling transformation for Lucas: from one-time drug abuser turned drug counselor to coach of a team that has a legitimate title shot.

But they have not been a legitimate title contender since Clyde Drexler, Buck Williams and Terry Porter were fixtures in the early 1990's.

An existing owner may transfer ownership by sale or gift; but the new owner may establish legitimate title to the land only by his own occupancy and use.

Though the federal government controls 85 percent of Nevada, they contend that it has no legitimate title to the land - or the gold, water, oil and geothermal energy beneath it.

He captained Storm to victory in the 2012 NRL Grand Final over Canterbury-Bankstown, earning his first legitimate title as captain.

By showing legitimate title in another person, jus tertii arguments imply that the present possessor's interest is illegitimate or that the present possessor is a thief.