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the government of Upha. N. lat. 52° 25'. E. long. 

 61° 14'. 



TITIOPOLIS, in indent GfOgraphy, a town of Afia, 

 in Ifauria, or the focond Cilicia, one of tlic twenty-three 

 towns, which, according to the Notitia of Hierocles, were 

 tnider the metropolis of Seleucia ; named Titopolis by 

 William of Tyre. 



TITISNESS, in Geography, a fmall ifland near the coaft 

 of Lapland, at the entrance of a bay called Titsfiord. 

 N. lat. 67° 36'. 



TITIUM Fl.w L^f, in Ancient Geography, a river of II- 

 lyria, which difcharged itfelf into t!ie fea at Scardona, and 

 ferved as a boundary between Liburnia and Dalmatia. 

 Pliny. It is named Titus by Ptolemy. 



TITIZIGHE, in Geography, a feaport town of the prin- 

 cipality of Guricl, witli a good harbour, on the Black fea. 

 This place is alfo called Pgliino ; 10 miles S. of Puti. 



TITLARK, in Oni'uhology. See Alauda Pratenjis. 



TITLE, TiTUi.us, an infcription put over any thing, to 

 make it known. 



The word is more particularly ufed for the infcription in 

 the firft page of a book, exprefling the fubjed of it, the 

 author's name, &c. 



What tortures abundance of authors, is to find fpecious 

 titles for their books : a title (hould be fimple, and yet clear : 

 thefe are the two genuine chara£lers of this kind of com- 

 pofition. AiTuming titles are prepoffeffion againft the 

 authors. 



Title, Titulus, in the Civil and Canon Laiu, denotes a 

 chapter or divilion of a book. 



A title is fubdivided into paragraphs, &c. — Each of the 

 fifty books of the Digeft confiils of a number of titles ; 

 fome of more, others of lefs. 



Title is alfo an appellation of dignity, diftinftion, or 

 pre-eminence, given to perfons pofTelTed of the fame. 



The titles of order or dignity, Loyfeau obferves, fliould 

 always come immediately after the name, and before the 

 titles of office. 



The king of Spain has a whole page of titles, to cxprefs the 

 feveral kingdoms and fignories of which he is mailer. The 

 king of England takes the title of king of Great Britain and 

 Ireland: the king of France, the title of ling of France and 

 Navarre : the king of Sweden intitles himfelf iing of the 

 Siuedes and Goths : the king of Denmark, king of Denmark 

 and Norway : the king of Sardinia, among his titles, takes 

 that of king of Cyprus and Jeriifalem : the duke of Lorrain, 

 the title of king of Jerufalem, Sicily, &c. 



The cardinals take titles from the names of fome churches 

 in Rome : as of St. CeciUa, St. Sabina, &c. and they are 

 called cardinals of the title of St. Cecilia, Sec. 



The emperor can confer the title of prince, or count of 

 the empire ; but the right of fuffrage in afTemblies of the 

 empire depends on the confent of the eftates. 



The Romans gave the titles of Africanus, Afiaticus, 

 Macedonicus, Numidicus, Creticus, Parthicus, Dacicus, &c. 

 in memory of the viftories obtained over the people of thofe 

 countries. The king of Spain, after the like manner, gives 

 honourable titles to his cities, in recompence for their fer- 

 vices, or their fidelity. 



Title exprefles alfo a certain quality afcribed by way of 

 refpeft to certain princes, &c. 



The pope has the title of hoUnefs ; a cardinal prince of 

 the blood, that of royal highnefs, or mojl ferene highnefs, ac- 

 cording to his nearnefs to the throne ; other cardinal princes, 

 mojl eminent highnefs ; an archbifhop, grace and mojl reverend; 

 a biihop, right reverend; abbots, pricfts, religious, &c. 

 reverend. 



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As to fccular powers, to the emperor is given the title of 

 imperial niajefly ; \.o king, majefly ; to the king of France, 

 moft chrifl'um majefly ; to the king of Spain, catholic majefly; 

 to the king of England, that of defender of the faith ; 

 to the Turks, grand fignor and highnefs ; to the prince of 

 Wales, royal highnefs ; to the dauphin of Tnncc, ferene high- 

 nefs ; t() clcftors, electoral highnefs ; to the grand duke, mofi 

 ferene highnefs; to the other princes of Italy and Germany, 

 highnefs ; to the doge of Venice, mojl ferene prince; to the 

 republic or fenate of Venice, flgnory ; to the grand-mafter 

 of M.ilta, eminence; to nuncios, and to ambaffadors of 

 crowned heads, excellency. 



The emperor of China, among his titles, takes that of 

 tienfi, fon of heaven. The Orientals, it is obferved, are ex- 

 ceedingly fond of titles : the fimple governor of Schiras, for 

 inilance, after a pompous enumeration of quaUties, lord- 

 fliips, &c. adds the titles afjotver of court efy, nutmeg of con- 

 flation, and rofe of delight. 



Title, in Laiu, denotes a right which a perfon has to 

 the polfeflion of any thing. 



A title to lands is thus defined by fir Edward Coke : 

 titulus cfljufla caufa pojfidendi id quod noflrum ejl, or it is the 

 means by which the owner of lands hath the juft poireflion 

 of his property. There are feveral ftages or degrees requi- 

 fite to form a complete title to lands and tenements. The 

 lowed and moft imperfeft degree of title confifts in the mere 

 naked pofTeirion, or aAual occupation of the eftate, without 

 any apparent right, or any (hadow or pretence of right, to 

 hold and continue fuch pofieffion. See Disseisin. 



The next ftep to a good and perfeft title is the right of 

 pofTciTion, which may refide in one man, while the aftual 

 pofiefnon is cither in himfelf or another. The third cir- 

 cumftance attending a title is the mere right of property, 

 the jus proprietatis, without either pofTeflion or even the 

 right of pofieffion. It is poffible that one man may have 

 the pofieffion, another the right of poffi;ffion, and a third the 

 right of property. But in the union of thcfe three qualifi- 

 cations confifts a complete title to lands, tenements, and 

 hereditaments. For it is an ancient maxim of the law, that 

 no title is completely good, unlefs the right of poffeffion 

 be joined with the right of property > which right is then de- 

 nominated a double right, jus dupUcatum, or droit droit. 

 And when to this double right the aftual pofieffion is alfo 

 united, when there is, according to the expreffion of Fleta, 

 juris et feifintt conjunSio, then, and then only, is the title com- 

 pletely legal. 



The ftatute 32 Hen. VIII. c. 9, hath provided, that no 

 one fliall fell or purchafe any prefented right or title to 

 land, unlefs the vendor hath received the profits thereof for 

 one whole year before fuch grant, or hath been in a£lual 

 pofieffion of the land, or the reverfion or remainder ; on pain 

 that both the purchafer and vendor fliall each forfeit the 

 value of fuch land to the king and the profecutor. 



A title to things perfonal may be acquired or loft by oc- 

 cupancy, by prerogative, by forfeiture, by cuftom, by fuc- 

 ceffion, by marriage, by judgment, by gift, by contraft, by 

 bankruptcy, by teftimony, and by adminiftration. Blackft. 

 Com. b. ii. See Possessiox aud Property. 



Title is alfo an authentic inftrument, by which a man can 

 prove and make appear his right. 



There muft be at leaft colourable title to come into pof- 

 feffion of a benefice, otherwife the perfon is deemed an in- 

 truder. For prcfcription with title, fee Prescriptiox. 



Title, in the Canon Law, is that by virtue of which a 

 beneficiary holds a benefice : fuch is the collation of an or- 

 dinary, or a provifion in the court of Rome, founded on a 

 refignation, permutation, or other legal caufe. The title 



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