This article explains an affidavit of title and explains the importance of the affidavit in a real estate transaction. What Is an Affidavit of Title? An affidavit of title is a document specifying that that a property seller possesses the title to the property; in other words, it's proof that the seller owns the property. In addition, in an affidavit of title, the seller swears under oath that certain other facts about the property are correct.
General of the Army MacArthur shakes hands with President Truman at the Wake Island Conference. On 11 April 1951, U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands after MacArthur made public statements which contradicted the administration's policies.
This constitution is sometimes called the MacArthur Constitution, because General Douglas MacArthur, commander of all Allied forces in the Pacific, directed its writing. The United States fought and occupied Japan primarily to ensure that it would not go to war again, and Article 9 was written to guarantee this. In 1947 General MacArthur envisioned a postwar Japan that would remain disarmed and that would be overseen by the new United Nations.