lowercase Image Command prompt on windows vista.png thumb 300px Command Prompt displaying the default title. In computing , code title code is a command computing command that changes the title for the Microsoft Windows Command Prompt Windows Command Prompt window. It is a shell builtin of the command line interpreter code cmd.exe code . The default title is defined in the ComSpec COMSPEC environment variable . ref http www.ss64.com nt title.html ref However, since the Win32 console title can also be defined in the program Computer shortcut shortcut , the title is usually set to Command Prompt . Syntax title String Arguments code String code Specifies the title of the Command Prompt window. Example The following batch file changes the title of the Command Prompt window to Updating files while the code copy command copy code command is being executed. After the command is executed, the text Files updated is displayed using the code echo command echo code command, and the title of the Command Prompt window is changed back to Command Prompt . source lang dos echo off title Updating files copy server share .txt c documents .txt echo Files updated title Command Prompt source See also Win32 console References reflist External links http technet.microsoft.com en us library cc732308.aspx Microsoft TechNet Title article Windows commands Category Microcomputer software Category Windows administration software stub windows stub ... more details
Honorific title may refer to one of the following Honorific , a form of addressing. Title of honor , a title which is an award. disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. ... more details
In the context of nobility , a courtesy title is a title that is not a substantive title but rather is used through custom or courtesy. http dictionary.reference.com browse courtesy title There is a detailed ... peer may use a subsidiary title of his ancestor even though it is the ancestor who holds the title ... than the House of Lords . In some contexts, courtesy title is used to mean the more general concept of a title or honorific such as Mr. , Mrs. , Ms. , Doctor title Dr. , miss , sir , and madam . http ... is given a courtesy title of promotion. Thus a Marine Corps , Army, or Air Force captain would be addressed ... but courtesy titles. A common practice is descending title when cadet genealogy cadet males of noble families, especially landed aristocracy, may assume a lower courtesy title such as count even though ... the eldest son of the Duke of Paris substantive title may be called Marquess of Paris courtesy title and younger sons Count N. of Paris , where N. stands for the first name. Ancien R gime Courtesy title as principal title During the Ancien R gime, the only substantive titles were feudal, land based, and resulted from a royal grant. In order to be use the title of count, one had to own a seigneurie ... were enforced in the only title that gave precedence and privileges, the title of duke. Most of the titles .... Courtesy title used by sons and daughters The heir apparent of a nobleman used a courtesy title from ... the title of prince. In the XVIIIth, a common trend was for the heir to use the title of duke. It was achieved ... one the head of family could resign his peerage to his heir, giving him a new title of duke while he kept his old title the king could confer a brevet de duc , that is style and precedence of a duke, to the heir of a title. The younger sons of a nobleman used one of the lesser titles, but never one of duke or prince. Even in small gentry families with no title, every son used a different territorial ... the title of abb , followed by the name of the principal title of their father. Members of the Order ... more details
Globalize date June 2010 Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Clear title is the phrase used to state that the owner of real property owns it free and clear of encumbrance s. In a more limited sense, it is used to state that, although the owner does not own clear title, it is nevertheless within the power of the owner to convey clear title. For example, a property may be encumbered by a Mortgage law mortgage . This encumbrance means that no one has clear title to the property. However, standard terms in a mortgage require the mortgage holder to release the mortgage if a certain amount of money is paid. Therefore, a buyer with enough money to satisfy both the mortgage and the current owner can get clear title. DEFAULTSORT Clear Title Category Real property law Law term stub Realestate stub ... more details
Image Engraved title page a 1599 Bible titlepage2.jpg thumb Woodcut title page of a 1599 Bible actually printed 1633 . The title page of a book , thesis or other written work is the page at or near the front which displays its title and author, usually together with information relating to the publication of the book. This is no longer synonymous with Book frontispiece frontispiece in modern usage. Title pages in books The title page as distinct from the cover is one of the most important parts of the front matter or preliminaries of a book, as the data on it and its verso together known as the title leaf are used to establish the title proper and usually, though not necessarily, the statement ... the title page shows the title of the work, the person or body responsible for its intellectual content ... editions it may contain a shorter title than the cover or lack a descriptive subtitle. Further ... on the verso of the title page. Also often included there are the ISBN and a printers key , also known ... or incunabula did not have title pages. The text would begin on the first page, and the book would have to be identified by the initial words or incipit . Title pages in papers and a thesis The title page of a thesis or essay is the work s first page. It lists the title of the work and the name of the author. In the case of an academic paper, the title page also lists class education class information ... date date , name of the professor , and name of the institution. The title page is not numbered. Title pages are not required in all citation styles instead, some styles require that the same information is placed at the top of the essay s first page. The title page for a thesis contains the full title, the author s name and academic credentials, the degree granting faculty and department ... title page is usually page Roman numeral i , but is not numbered the abstract summary abstract ... resolution scans of title pages Wiktionary Book structure DEFAULTSORT Title Page Category Book design ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2009 Good title is a concept in property law . For a valid transaction to take place, the previous owner must have an indefeasible title to the property and must transfer it to the new owner. Proof of this may be difficult, since it involves proving a negative first there must not be anyone with better title than the previous owner, and second the previous owner must not have already transferred title to anyone else. Possible solutions include Land registry land registration where the state certifies the quality of titles and claims to property, or friendly litigation after the transaction where a court rules on the quality of the transferred title. See also Title property Category Property law ... more details
Marketable title real estate is a title that a court of equity considers to be so free from defect that it will legally force its acceptance by a buyer. Marketable title does not assume that absolute absence of defect, but rather a title that a prudent, educated buyer in the reasonable course of business would accept. For real estate practitioners, the most complete reference to title issues is found in the preprinted wording contained within an agreement contract. If you cannot produce a clear title of deed to the property then the prospective buyer should expect to lose in a specific performance action. Merchantable title and marketable title are synonymus terms. In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, there is an implied undertaking in the contract that the vendor person selling the property has a marketable title. The contract typically provides that on failure of a vendor to deliver good and marketable title, the vendee buyer may rescind the contract and recover any deposit. big Merger big If a deed is delivered and it has no warranty of title , the buyer has no recourse because the deed supersedes the contract. This means that the initial contract is no longer in effect. big Closing Date big Sellers only have to tender good and marketable title on the date the conveyance is executed date of closing . So a seller may contract to sell property it does not currently possess. Liability will be imposed on the seller for breach only if the seller does not have good and marketable title on the date of closing. big Defects that make title unmarketable big Outstanding mortgages liens Restrictive covenants Outstanding future interests of others in the property, i.e. a reverter . Encumbrances Easements on the property Variations in the names of grantors and grantees Variations in the chain of title Outstanding dower interests. Adverse possession claims Structural encroachment s Existing violations of equitable servitudes or covenants Zoning restriction violations ... more details
Property law An action to quiet title is a lawsuit brought in a court having jurisdiction over land disputes, in order to establish a party s title to real property against anyone and everyone, and thus quiet any challenges or claims to the title. This legal action is brought to remove a cloud on the title .... ref Ballentine s Law Dictionary, p. 452. ref The action to quiet title resembles other forms ... sol3 papers.cfm?abstract id 1483859 last Bray middle L. first Samuel year 2010 page 1275 title ... is also sometimes called either a try title , trespass to try title , or ejectment action to recover ... to try title?cat biz fin Answers.com ref However, there are slight differences. In an ejectment action ... are used synonymously. Grounds for a quiet title action or complaint It comprises a complaint that the ownership title of a parcel of land or other real property is defective in some fashion, typically where title to the property is ambiguous spaced ndash for example, where it has been conveyed ... title is conveyed. Such an action may also be brought to dispel a restraint on alienation or another ... title in his or her own name fraudulent conveyance of a property, perhaps by a forged deed or under coercion Torrens title registration, an action which terminates all unrecorded claims treaty disputes regarding the boundaries between nations tax taking issues, where a municipality claims title in lieu ... title Border boundary disputes between states, municipalities, or private parties surveying errors ... arising in basic foreclosure actions when satisfied liens are not properly discharged from title due ... Unlike acquisition through a deed of sale, a quiet title action will give the party seeking such relief ... title action acquired its interest through a warranty deed and had to bring the action to settle defects that existed when the warranty deed was delivered. Quiet title actions do not clear title completely . They are actions for the purpose of clearing a particular, known claim, title defect, or perceived ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 Maid is a title granted to the eldest daughter of a Laird . The title is not often used today but can still be used. The title is customary and not automatically given. The eldest daughter of a Laird is entitled to place the title at the end of her name along with the Lairdship therefore becoming Miss Firstname Lastname , Maid of Lairdship . Only placing the word Maid at the end of the name is incorrect as the Lairdship must be included. As the title is customary and not automatic, it means that the eldest daughter can choose if they wish to take on this title, if they choose not to they are simply addressed as Miss Firstname Lastname of Lairdship If the eldest daughter is the heir apparent to a Lairdship, she has the choice to either take on the title Younger see. Younger Title or to remain titled as Maid of x . Once they take on the Lairdship in their own right they will then become styled as Lady and the title of Maid of x will pass onto their eldest daughter if any. The title maid of x is held for life unless the eldest daughter becomes a Lady in her own right and so no one else can be given this title during the lifetime of another Maid. If a Laird has a son who is the heir apparent but still has an elder daughter she is still entitled to become styled as Maid Forms of Address If the eldest daughter of a Laird chooses to accept the title it would be styled as Miss Forename Surname , Maid of Lairdship e.g. Miss Jane Smith, Maid of Edinburgh . If the eldest daughter should marry she will still hold the title. If a Laird has any younger daughters they are styled as Miss Forename Surname of Lairdship See also Laird Younger Title Princess Royal Forms of address in the United Kingdom Courtesy titles in the United Kingdom Lord Lady The Honourable Category Scottish titles vocab stub ... more details
Image Title to Murder poster.jpg right thumb Title to Murder 2001 Title to Murder is a 2001 independent film directed by Stephen Furst , starring Maureen McCormick and Christopher Atkins , and based on a story by C. Lee Tocci . It had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival . Plot summary While researching an ordinary real estate transaction, title examiner Leah Farrell McCormick discovers a property transfer document with the forged name of a missing woman, and proceeds to investigate. When she is threatened by gangster s for snooping around, she turns for help to Assistant District Attorney Paul Shaughnessy Atkins . As Paul tries to protect Leah from the danger that looms from all sides, romance blooms. The two of them foil the plot to bring illegal gambling activities to a small seaside town in Massachusetts . External links http www.titletomurder.com Title to Murder Official Website imdb title id 0277386 titleTitle to Murder http www.amazon.com dp B0009WK6JY Title to Murder at Amazon Category 2001 films Category Independent films Category 2000s action films Category 2000s romantic comedy films action film stub ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2009 Title of authority , title of office or title of command is the official designation of a position held in an organization e.g. in government or corporation associated with certain duties of authority. Semi formally, the title of office may be referred to as position , or office , as, e.g., in the expression the office of vice president . When used in conjunction with proper name s, titles of office are capitalized and usually not otherwise The Right Honourable Stephen Harper , Prime Minister of Canada . In this example both The Right Honourable and Prime Minister may be called title of office . The former one is also referred to as style manner of address style manner of address , the latter one is the designation of a position. Category Titles socio stub ... more details
Hold or Hauld is a title of nobility , used in viking times used both in Scandinavia and in England . History Recognized as title for noblemen of exalted rank by Sir Francis Stenton in his renowned standard work Anglo Saxon England , and described as a title just below the earl in Oxford Dictionary of Surnames , the title nevertheless has become somewhat obsolete even in historical treatises. But in the main work on the topic the definition of hold as a noble title, both in Norway and old Northumbria , is crystal clear Die norwegischen H ldar. Sitzungsberichte der k niglichen bayerischen Wissenschaftsakademie , by Konrad Maurer, the Germans German legislative historian . Link http www.aftenposten.no meninger debatt article1092700.ece Eystein Eggen 2005 Norwegian, Aftenposten Category Noble titles Category Norwegian nobility es Hold no Hauld nn Hauld ... more details
A chain of title is the sequence of historical transfers of title property title to a property . The chain ... of ownership is important, it is often necessary to reconstruct the chain of title. To facilitate this, a record of title documents may be maintained by a registry office or civil law notary . Chain of title for real property Real estate is one field where the chain of title has considerable significance. Various registration systems, such as the Torrens title system, have been developed ... States, insurance companies issue title insurance based upon the chain of title to the property when it is transferred. Title insurance companies sometimes maintain private title plants that track real estate titles in addition to the official records. In other cases, the chain of title is established by an abstract of title , sometimes, although not always, certified by an Lawyer attorney . In the United States, some holders of mortgage debt may be unable to establish chain of title, despite the fact that clear chain of title can be required by the mortgage holder before foreclosure can proceed. Widespread lack of clarity in chain of title results from a 1995 decision by many lenders ... to hold title nominally, in an effort to enable the buying and selling of mortgage liabilities without ... big banks over foreclosure practices 2011 12 01 gIQAgwnUIO story.html ref Chain of title for copyrights, trademarks, and rights of publicity In the film motion picture industry, the chain of title ... authorship rights, or where materials were culled from many sources. Chain of title is extremely .... Chain of title documentation can include copyright clearances on music from the regional ... chain of title . Specialist organizations engage in the production of copyright property reports ... of securing chain of title.html The Importance of Securing Chain of Title Rajwans Business & Entertainment ... Real estate terminology de Chain of title ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Nobility of Fiji Adi is a title used by Fijian people Fijian women of chiefly rank, namely female members of chiefly clans. It is the equivalent of the Ratu title used by male chiefs. It is in general use throughout most of Fiji , although on Kadavu Island , Bulou is used instead. Notable chiefs Elizabeth II Ilisapeci Na Ranadi ni Viti kei Peritania , Paramount Chief of Fiji DEFAULTSORT Adi Title Category Noble titles Fiji stub ru ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Nobility of Fiji Ro is a title used by Fijian people Fijian chiefs in the Local government of Fiji Province of Rewa, Fiji Rewa , as well as parts of Naitasiri , Namosi , and Serua . Both males and females are so styled in other areas of Fiji , male chiefs are titled Ratu and female chiefs, Adi title Adi . DEFAULTSORT Ro Title Category Noble titles Category Rewa Province Category Titles Fiji stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 In animal husbandry and animal fancy , animals compete for title s signifying excellence. See also Agricultural show Best in Show Best of Breed Cat show Conformation show Horse show Animals in sport DEFAULTSORT Title Animal Category Livestock Category Pets Animal stub ... more details
In the United States, the certificate of title for a vehicle also known as a car title or pink slip or pinks in the plural is a legal form, establishing a person or business as the Title property legal owner of a vehicle . Vehicle titles in the U.S. are commonly issued by the state Department of Motor Vehicles DMV . While not standardized from state to state, the certificate of title normally specifies Identifying information about the vehicle, normally at minimum its vehicle identification number , vehicle make make , and year of manufacture. The license plate number. Technical information about the vehicle to define its taxation regime, e.g., its gross vehicle weight , motive power, suggested retail price and purchase price when new . The name and address of the purchaser or registered owner who would normally possess and use it. If money is owed on the vehicle, the name of the lienholder or legal owner to whom this money is owed. When a vehicle is financed, the certificate of title is normally ... states, the transferred title is sent directly to that individual, but the name of the lender or lienholder appears on the title as well. In order to release the lien upon full payment, the lender ... one owner to another, the title must be transferred to the new owner. This is achieved by requesting ... a car title look like? http answers.yahoo.com question index?qid 20100327062802AAQvL16 , Yahoo Answers ... slip. In the United Kingdom, there is not an equivalent of a vehicle title. Instead, there is a document ... Licensing Agency DVLA . The current version has the reference number V5C. Prior to computerisation, the title ... of the vehicle. Car title loans Main Title loan Vehicle titles are also used for car title loans, where a lender will loan the car s owner money in return for keeping the car title until the debt is paid off. Car title loans are marked by high interest rates, a short time to repay the loan, and the loan .... Notes Reflist See also Title property Title loan Category Traffic law Category Property law vehicle ... more details
A uniform title in library catalog ing is a title assigned to a work which either has no title or has appeared under more than one title. It is part of authority control . The phrases conventional title and standard title are sometimes used ref Prytherch, Ray. http books.google.co.uk books?id zoCfMEscyzwC&printsec frontcover&ei dB4jSL7UPIuCyQS9uLS Bg&sig jXt0DxUlSbKRDRSdQ QT66tQDTQ PPA662,M1 Harrod s librarian s glossary and reference book. 10th ed., p. 662. Aldershot Gower, 2005. ref the forthcoming Resource Description and Access uses preferred title and the 2009 http www.ifla.org VII s13 icp ICP 2009 en.pdf Statement of International Cataloguing Principles deprecates it in favour of authorized access point . There are many instances in which a uniform title can be used. Anonymous works such as sacred texts and folk tales may lack an obvious title for instance, the Bible , Epic of Gilgamesh , Beowulf or the Chanson de Roland . Works of art and music may contain no text that can be used for reference. A uniform title allows all of the works to fall under one title and will reference all of the items to which the uniform title applies. For example, if a library had 10 copies of Crime and Punishment but each copy was in a different language, an OPAC online library catalogue can display all of the copies of the book together under the chosen uniform title. The library could also list any copies of Crime and Punishment in other mediums, such as film adaptations or abridged editions, under the same uniform title. This can help a library patron when searching the online catalog find all of the versions of Crime and Punishment at once instead of searching for each foreign title ... Basic Search Series Uniform Title Browse. ref blockquote The complementary situation occurs with a single work that exists with more than one title, especially when translation translated into another ... or a phrase such as Selections is added to distinguish works with the same uniform title. The MARC ... more details
Infobox font name Ubuntu Title image Ubuntu Title sample.png style Sans serif classifications Realist sans serif date 2004 creator Andy Fitzsimon foundry license GNU Lesser General Public License Ubuntu Title is a hand drawn, lower case OpenType font created by Andy Fitzsimon for use with the Ubuntu operating system and its derivatives. ref name ubuntutitle https wiki.ubuntu.com UbuntuTitle UbuntuTitle Ubuntu Wiki Bot generated title ref ref http ubuntuforums.org archive index.php t 23773.html Anyone know what font the Ubuntu Logo uses? Archive& 93 Ubuntu Forums Bot generated title ref It is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License . Prior to the 10.04 release, the typeface was notably used in branding for the Ubuntu operating system and its related projects. It has since been replaced with a variant from the Ubuntu Font Family . References reflist External links https wiki.ubuntu.com UbuntuTitle Homepage with the font of Andy Fitzsimon doesn t have capital letters http www.fontsquirrel.com fonts Ubuntu Titling Version by Christian Robertson containing capital letters Ubuntu free and open source typography Category Open source typefaces Category Ubuntu operating system bn es Ubuntu Title it Ubuntu Title ja Ubuntu Title ... more details
A subsidiary title is an hereditary title held by a royal family royal or a nobility noble but which is not regularly used to identify that person. For example, the Duke of Norfolk is also the Earl of Arundel , the Earl of Surrey , the Earl of Norfolk , the Baron Beaumont , the Baron Maltravers , the Baron FitzAlan, the Baron Clun, the Baron Oswaldestre, and the Baron Howard of Glossop . In day to day practice, the individual who holds all of these titles would be referred to only by his most senior title in this case, Duke of Norfolk while all of his other titles would be subsidiary titles. In the United Kingdom , a noble s heir apparent may use his parent s most senior subsidiary title as a courtesy title , provided that it causes no confusion. For example, the Duke of Norfolk s heir apparent is known as Earl of Arundel , although the son does not technically become Earl of Arundel until his father s death and is legally still a commoner . If a subsidiary peerage has the same name as a higher peerage, it is not used as a courtesy title. For example, the Duke of Manchester is also Earl of Manchester, but his heir is styled Viscount Mandeville . An heir apparent can be summoned to the House of Lords , before his parent s death, by a writ of acceleration that is, by accelerating the inheritance of a junior title usually a barony . For example, a writ of acceleration could cause a courtesy Earl of Arundel to inherit the Maltravers barony prematurely, whereupon he would join the House of Lords as Lord Maltravers. See also Substantive title Category Titles sr ... more details
orphan date March 2010 unreferenced date March 2010 An abstractor of title is a person who prepares and certified the condensed history known as an abstract of title of the ownership of a particular Lot real estate parcel of real estate , consisting of a summary of the original grant and all subsequent Conveyancing conveyance s and encumbrance s affecting the property . Category Real property law law stub ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2006 Generalize date October 2009 A title screen is the initial screen of a computer game computer , video game video , or arcade game after the credits and logos are displayed of the video game developer game developer and video game publisher game publisher . Earlier title screens often included all the game option s available single player , multiplayer , configuration of controls, etc. while modern games have opted for the title screen to serve as a splash page . The reason for this can be attributed to the use of the title screen as a loading screen , in which to cache all the graphical elements of the main menu . Older computer and video games had relatively simple menu screens, that often featured pre rendered artwork. In arcade games, the title screen is shown as part of the attract mode loop, usually after a game demonstration is played. The title screen, as well as the high score high score list , urges potential players to insert coin s. In video game s, especially if the screen is not merged with the main menu, the screen urges the player to press start. Similarly, in computer game s, the message Hit any key is often displayed. With the lack of an actual Start button, the Nintendo Wii uses a different prompt, usually pressing the A button and the B trigger simultaneously, as in Wii Sports or The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess . fangame Fan made game s often parody the style of basis of the creation. The information listed on a title screen includes Video game developer Game developer Game publisher Release date Registered trademark s Game logo Additional pre rendered artwork Miscellaneous licensing information. gallery Missing image removed Image Bayou Billy.png A video game title screen with a menu screen. Image with inadequate rationale removed Image Gyruss.png An arcade game title screen Deleted image removed Image QUACK SHOT01.png A video game title screen with no menu gallery See also Category Title screens of video games ... more details
no footnotes date November 2011 one source date November 2011 The long title properly, the title in some jurisdictions is the formal title appearing at the head of a statute such as an Act of Act of Parliament Parliament or of Act of Congress Congress or other legislative instrument. The long title is intended ... title , which is merely intended to provide a useful name when referring to it. Like other ... title , the long title seldom affects the operative provisions of an Act, except where the operative provisions are unclear or ambiguous and the long title provides a clear statement of the legislature s intention. Significance In the United Kingdom, the long title is important since, under the procedures of Parliament, a bill cannot be amended to go outside the scope of its long title. For that reason ... . The long title for older Acts is sometimes termed its rubric typography rubric because it was sometimes printed in red. Citation needed date June 2011 Short title for Acts of Parliament were ... in the century as such, the long title was used to identify the Act. Short titles were subsequently ... 1688 or 1689 was given that short title by the Short Titles Act 1896 , having until then only been known formally known by its long title, An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling ... Courts of the United States . The long title was traditionally followed by the preamble , an optional .... In some jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom, the long title opens with the words An Act to ... . For example, the short title of the House of Lords Act 1999 is House of Lords Act 1999 , but its long title is An Act to restrict membership of the House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary ... for An Act . Thus, before it passed, the long title of the House of Lords Bill 1999 was A Bill to restrict ... of detail of long titles. A typical long title in Illinois is, AN ACT concerning safety ... law carried the long title, AN ACT relative to establishing a municipal bond rescission process ... more details
Image Cihu President Chiang Mausoleum entrance.JPG thumb right 250px Example of a Nuo tai and use of Gong on the Paifang at the Cihu Presidential Burial Place in Taiwan Gong Pinyin g ng was the highest title of Chinese nobles during Zhou Dynasty and the second highest title, ranked below Chinese nobility Wang King and Huangdi Emperor wang , from Han Dynasty onwards. Gong is usually translated as Duke . Examples Duke Yansheng , the title of the direct descendants of Confucius through the Family tree of Confucius in the main line of descent main line of descent DEFAULTSORT Gong Title Category Chinese honorifics China hist stub no Gong tittel ru ... more details
improverefs date September 2011 globalize US date September 2011 A ballot title is the official, short, summary of a Initiatives and referendums in the United States ballot measure that appears on the ballot. The goal of a good ballot title is to be a neutral summary that accurately conveys to voters the gist of what the proposed new law says or would do. The National Conference of State Legislatures says, The ballot title and summary are arguably the most important part of an initiative in terms of voter education. Most voters never read more than the title and summary of the text of initiative proposals. Therefore, it is of critical importance that titles and summaries be concise, accurate and impartial. ref cite web author Jennie Bowser url http www.ncsl.org programs legismgt elect PrepTtlSumm.htm title & 39 Preparation of a ballot title and summary & 39 publisher Ncsl.org date 2003 03 02 accessdate 2010 05 02 ref However, it is not always clear how one would neutrally describe the gist ... has to do with whether the ballot title is determined before signatures are collected, or after . Another way that states differ has to do with whether the ballot title is determined by the government which could be a commission, a ballot title determination board, the Secretary of State, or some other election official or whether the ballot title is determined by the political organization that is advocating for the measure. Pre circulation ballot titles States where the ballot title is set prior ... Oregon In Oregon, the ballot title is set after 1,000 initial sponsorship signatures have been submitted and Washington U.S. state Washington . Post circulation ballot titles States where the ballot title ... and South Dakota, the ballot title is determined by the proponent, subject to legal challenge by opponents in court. Impact of ballot title on election outcome There is a general consensus that the ballot title can be highly determinative of whether a ballot measure wins or loses. Notes reflist Category ... more details
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