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- Dictionarymuniments/ˈmjuːnɪm(ə)nts/
plural
- 1. title deeds or other documents proving a person's title to land: "Navy Board muniments for the seventeenth—nineteenth centuries"
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A muniment or muniment of title is a legal term for a document, title deed or other evidence, that indicates ownership of an asset. The word is derived from the Latin noun munimentum, meaning a " fortification, bulwark, defence or protection". [ 1 ]
Muniment definition: a document, as a title deed or a charter, by which rights or privileges are defended or maintained.. See examples of MUNIMENT used in a sentence.
a document, as a title deed or a charter, by which rights or privileges are defended or maintained. See full dictionary entry for muniment. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Muniments definition: the title deeds and other documentary evidence relating to the title to land. See examples of MUNIMENTS used in a sentence.
noun. mu· ni· ment ˈmyü-nə-mənt. 1. : the evidence (such as documents) that enables one to defend the title to an estate or a claim to rights and privilegesusually used in plural. 2. archaic : a means of defense. Examples of muniment in a Sentence.
mu·ni·ment. (myo͞o′nə-mənt) n. 1. often muniments Law Documentary evidence by which one can defend a title to property or a claim to rights. 2. Archaic A means of defense or protection.
muniment - An official document, such as a deed, judgment, or statutory grant, that transfers ownership of real property and allows a person to maintain a claim or defend the title.
