Apr 10, 2013 9:10 PM

the definition for DOCUMENT OF TITLE in The Dictionary of Canadian Law 3rd-edition references the PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITY ACT:

DOCUMENT OF TITLE: 1. Includes any bill of lading, dock warrant, warehousekeeper's certificate and warrant or order for the delivery of goods and any other document used in the ordinary course of business as proof of the possession or control of goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize, either by endorsement or by delivery (sounds like a CHEQUE you would bring to the bank), the possessor of the document to TRANSFER or RECEIVE goods thereby represented 2. any writing that purports to be issued by or addressed to a BAILEE and purports to cover such goods in the bailee's possession as are identified or FUNGIBLE portions of an identified mass, and that in the ordinary course of business is treated as establishing that the person in possession of it is entitled to receive, hold and dispose of the document and the goods it covers. Personal Property Security Act.