First, a title loss is rarely as spectacular as a fire or hurricane, and a title loss is not so immediate. A claim is made, and then there is usually a long, involved court action filled with legal technicalities that seem confusing and, so, uninteresting to the press and its readers. The actual loss, established in the courts, may take place years after the claim is made against the title.

Probably within your experience you have known of a title loss--or a title dispute--a fight among heirs over a property or between neighbors over a boundary line, for example.

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