Definition of title

• a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools"
• the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.; "he looked for books with the word `jazz in the title"; "he refused to give titles to his paintings"; "I can never remember movie titles"
• a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work; "the novel had chapter titles"