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Article: Florida land titles and British, not just Spanish, origins.
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- Florida Bar Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 2007
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All Florida lawyers should know that the state traces its colonial heritage back to Spain, and many, particularly real estate practitioners, are aware that some Florida land titles begin with a grant from the Crown of Spain. Relatively few, however, know that title to a smaller number of parcels began with a grant from Great Britain. How this happened is an interesting, if relatively unknown, facet of Florida's legal background. First let's reacquaint ourselves with certain aspects of colonial American history.
The Colonial Situation
Spanish Explorer Don Juan Ponce de Leon was certainly not the first individual to see Florida, but he was the first to ...
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