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In law, land registration is a system by which the ownership of estates in land, is recorded and registered, usually by government, in order to provide evidence of title and to facilitate dealing. The Torrens title system is a widely used method for registering land, particularly in Commonwealth jurisdictions. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Law Law topics overview List of areas of law List of legal topics List of legal terms List of jurists List of legal abbreviations List of case law lists List of law firms Further reading Cheyenne Way: Conflict & Case Law in Primitive Jurisprudence, Karl...
Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive possession or control of some thing, which may be an object or some kind of property. ...
An estate is the right, interest, or nature of interest, a person has in real property. ...
Title is a legal term for an owners interest in a piece of property. ...
Torrens title is a system of land title where a register of land holdings maintained by the state guarantees indefeasible title to those included in the register. ...
The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ...
In law, jurisdiction refers to the aspect of a any unique legal authority as being localized within boundaries. ...
National systems
Australia - Main article: Torrens title
Torrens title is a system of land title where a register of land holdings maintained by the state guarantees indefeasible title to those included in the register. ...
England and Wales - Main article: HM Land Registry
A system of land registration was first attempted in England and Wales under the Land Registration Act 1862. This system proved ineffective and, following further attempts in 1875 and 1897, the present system was brought into force by the Land Registration Act 1925. As of 1990, virtually all transactions in land result in compulsory registration. Her Majestys Land Registry is a British Governmental organisation created in 1862, responsible for publicly recording legal interests in land in the England and Wales and reporting to the Department for Constitutional Affairs and to the Lord Chancellors office. ...
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National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English, Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² NUTS 1...
1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
This article is about the year. ...
The Land Registration Act 2002 leaves the 1925 system substantially in place but enables the future compulsory introduction of electronic conveyancing using electronic signatures to transfer and register property. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In recent years, the terms electronic signature and digital signature have come into widespread, and somewhat confused, use. ...
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Land Registry administers the Land Registration Ordinance and provides facilities for search of the Land Register and related records by the public and government departments. It has responsibility for the registration of owners corporations under the Building Management Ordinance.
Italy - Main article: Catasto
Catasto is the Italian registration system for real estate ownership (like the Land Registry in Britain). ...
See also Cadastre (a French word from the Late Latin capitastrum, a register of the poll-tax) is a register of the real property of a country, with details of the area, the owners and the value. ...
A Land Terrier is a record system for an institutions land and property holdings. ...
Bibliography - Riddall, J.G. (2003). Land Law, 7th ed., Lexis-Nexis Butterworths. ISBN 0406967431. Ch.26 for current law in England and Wales
External links - 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica - much historical detail
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