Text: Today over 75% of Americans DO NOT have the highest form of TITLE on their homes, businesses, or properties. Instead, they have "Deeds" which are merely a "color of title." To understand how the creditors or bankers qualifies your property, it is essential to understand one legal term, "color of". "Color" is defined in Black's Law Dictionary 6th Edition as "an appearance or semblance, as distinguished from that which is real; a prima facie, a deceptive appearance. "Color of Title" is defined as "that which in appearance is title but is not title in fact or in law." Write v. Matron, 18 How. (U.S.) 50 "color of title is an appearance of title coupled with possession, it purports to convey ownership. This is not to say, however, that it actually conveys ownership." Rawson v. Fox, 65 Ill. 200 AD David v. Hall, 92 Ill. DID YOU KNOW THAT: A Deed is only a "color of title" Deeds constitute "colors of title". Dryden v. Newman 116 Ill. 186 "A warranty deed of conveyance is a "color of title." Dempsy v. Burns, 281 Ill.644, 65 (1917) "A quit claim deed is "color of title." Safford v. Stubbs 117 Ill.389 Thus, any tax deed which purports, on its face to convey title is a "color of title". Walker v. Converse, 148 Ill. 622,629 THE ONLY TRUE TITLE TO LAND IS A "LAND PATENT" "Patents are issued between sovereigns and deeds are executed by persons and private corporation" AD Leading Fighter v. Country of Gregory. 230 N.W. 2d 114, 116 (1975) "A patent is the highest evident of title, and is conclusive, against the government and all claiming under junior titles, until it set aside or annulled by some judicial tribunal." Stone v U.S. 67 U.S. 765 "The patent (land patent) is the only evidence of the legal fee simple title (or Allodial)". McConnell v. Wilcox, 1 scam. Ill. 381, 396 "Issuance of a government patent granting title to land is the most accredited type of conveyance known to out law". U.S v. Creek Nation, 295 U.S. 103, 111. See also U.S. v. Cherokee Nation, 474 F.2d 628, 634. From Black's Law Dictionary 6th edition: ALLODIAL - "Free; not beholden of any lord or superior; owned without obligation85; the opposite of feudal." Barker v. Dayton 28 Wis. 384; Wallace v. Harmstad, 44 Pa. 499. ALLODIUM - "Land held absolutely in one's own right, and not of any lord or superior; land not subject to feudal duties or burdens (property taxes and municipal codes). An estate held by absolute ownership without recognizing any superior to whom any duty is due on account thereof." 1 Wash, Real Property 16., 9 Cow. (N.Y.) 511, 18 Am. Dec. 516

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