Black’s Law Dictionary 1st Edition, page 1101:
SLANDER OF TITLE. This is statement of something tending to cut down the extent of title to some estate vested in th& plaintiff. Such statement. in order to be actionable, must be false and malicious; i .e., both untrue and done on purpose to injure the plaintiff. Damage must also have resulted from the statement. Brown.
Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Edition, page 1092:
SLANDER OF TITLE. This is statement of something tending to cut down the extent of title to some estate vested in th& plaintiff. Such statement. in order to be actionable, must be false and malicious; i .e., both untrue and done on purpose to injure the plaintiff. Damage must also have resulted from the statement. Brown. See Burkett v. Griffith, 90 Cal. 532, 27 Pac. 527, 13 L. R. A. 707, 25 Am. St. Rep. 151 ; Carbondale Inv. Co. v. Burdick, 67 Kan. 329, 72· Pac. 781 ; Butta v. Long, 94 Mo. App. 687, 68 S. W. 754.
Black’s Law Dictionary 3rd Edition, page 1634:
SLANDER OF TITLE. This is statement of something tending to cut down the extent of title to some estate vested in th& plaintiff. Such statement. in order to be actionable, must be false and malicious; i .e., both untrue and done on purpose to injure the plaintiff. Damage must also have resulted from the statement. Brown. See Burkett v. Griffith, 90 Cal. 532, 27 Pac. 527, 13 L. R. A. 707, 25 Am. St. Rep. 151 ; Carbondale Inv. Co. v. Burdick, 67 Kan. 329, 72· Pac. 781 ; Butta v. Long, 94 Mo. App. 687, 68 S. W. 754. Fearon v. Fodera, 169 Cal. 370, 148 P. 200, 202, Ann. Cas. 1916D, 312; Kelly v. First State Bank, 145 Minn. 331, 177 N. W. 347, 9 A. L. R. 929.
Black’s Law Dictionary 4th Edition, page 1559:
SLANDER OF TITLE. A false and malicious statement, oral or written, made in disparagement of a person’s title to real or personal property, or of some right of his causing him special damage. Reliable Mfg. Co. v. Vaughan Novelty Mfg. Co., 294 Ill.App. 601, 13 N.E.2d 518; Cawrse v. Signal Oil Co., 164 Or, 666, 103 P.2d 729, 730, 129 A.L.R. 174. “Malice” as essential element of “slander of title” purports an intention to vex, injure or annoy another person. Cawrse v. Signal Oil Co., 164 Or. 666, 103 P.2d 729, 730, 129 A.L.R. 174.
An action for “slander of title” is maintainable only by one who possesses an estate or interest in the property. Allison v. Berry, 316 Ill.App. 261, 44 N.E.2d 929, 934.
Black’s Law Dictionary 7th Edition, page 1393:
slander of title. A false statement, made orally or in writing, that casts doubt on another per son’s ownership of property. See DISPARAGEMENT.