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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-1-12. What constitutes perfect title.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-1-12. What constitutes perfect title.

One person may have the right of possession of certain property and another person may have the right to the property itself. A union of those rights constitutes a perfect title.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2321; Code 1868, § 2318; Code 1873, § 2349; Code 1882, § 2349; Civil Code 1895, § 3209; Civil Code 1910, § 3797; Code 1933, § 85-103.

## Law Reviews

For article discussing the problems with acquiring good title, see 15 Ga. B.J. 281 (1953). For article advocating the adoption of a marketable title statute in Georgia, see 16 Ga. B.J. 263 (1954).