legal owner
One with title
A legal owner holds formal title to property as recognized by law, distinguished from someone who merely possesses or uses something.
The term often appears when ownership is contested or when legal and practical control diverge: The bank remains the legal owner until the mortgage is paid off.
Someone may be the legal owner of a car while another person drives it daily.
- proprietorBusiness holder
- titleFormal honorific or name
- title deedDocument proving property ownership
- deedWritten property conveyance
- clear titleUncontested ownership proof
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- ownershomeowner, homeowners, landowner, landlords, shareholders
legal ownersquatter
Unauthorized building inhabitant
trespasser · encroacher · intruder · usurper · pretender
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