Dictionary
successor in title
if you sell your business, and it is continues to be run in a very similar way to the way it was before the sale, the new owner is the successor in title
I make this claim as successor in title on the basis that I am the surviving spouse (=husband or wife).
American English
- successor in interest
Phrase Bank
- The Transferee, for itself and its successors in title, hereby agrees the following.
- The Claimant is the successor in title to Borsch Limited.
- Either party may assign this agreement to a successor in interest without the consent of the other party.
- The company ceased to exist in 1999 and its assets and liabilities were assigned (=passed over) to KPG Inc, its successor in interest.