1.   Old deeds can be very useful for such a purpose, and certainly any containing plans should in general be retained.

2.   However, the old deeds and documents of title may be helpful in resolving any detailed matters that do not appear as part of the land registration process.

3.   But, a Palestinian still holds the old deeds and his old dreams.

4.   Flanagan says he has some old deeds to prove it.

5.   In the nearby village of Shibaa, the mayor waves old colonial deeds which, he says, prove the land belongs to Lebanon.

6.   The city says it has some old deeds to prove the opposite.

7.   The officials scoffed at the old deeds, the farmers remember, as worthless.