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Home Dictionary Name: registrationRegistration of title of land
Registration of title of land. The (English) Land Registration Act, 1925 (15 Geo. 5, c. 21), repeals and re-enacts the (English) Land Transfer Acts, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 87) and 1897 (60 & 61 Vict. c. 65), with amendments in keeping with innovations which were introduced by the property laws of 1925. Its object is to simplify the indicia of land ownership and transfer by mere inscription and transcription in a register. The advantages which are claimed for the system are (a) purchasers for value of an absolute or good leasehold title are absolved from any inquiry into the title other than it is shown to be on the register; (b) certain equitable claims which would be binding on the land under the general law and cannot be removed or over-reached without onerous formalities do not affect such purchasers; (c) the method of conveyance or charge is simple; (d) subject to the statutory provisions, registration guarantees the title to purchasers for value and mortgagees. It should be observ...
Registration for preservation
Registration for preservation. In Scotland any deed may be registered in the books of Council and Session for preservation (stamp 10s.); official extracts are equivalent to originals. See also WILLS.Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages.Ecclesiastical Registration.--The 70th Canon made in 1603 directs the churchwardens of every parish to provide a register, and the minister to enter baptisms, marriages, and burials therein; and the (English) Parochial Registers Act, 1812 (52 Geo. 3, c. 146), directs the rector, vicar, curate, or officiating minister to make and keep similar registers, the books to remain in their custody in an iron chest, and copies thereof to be transmitted annually to the registrars of each diocese. So much of this Act as related to marriages was repealed by the (English) Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1836. Consult Hubback on Succession, pp. 469 et seq.Civil Registration.--A general registry office was established by the (English) Births and Deaths Regi...
Middlesex Registration of Deeds
Middlesex Registration of Deeds (7 Anne, c. 20,and 25 Geo. 2, c. 4); and see the Vendor and (English) Purchaser Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 78), s. 8, as to non-registration of wills affecting realty in Middlesex; also the (English) Land Registry (Middlesex Deeds) Act, 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 64), by which the Middlesex Registry was transferred to the Land Registry. The Middlesex Deeds Register is defined in the (English) Land Registration Act, 1936 (26 Geo. 5, and 1 Edw. 8, c. 26), s. 2. This Act provides for the closing of the register as from the appointed day (1st January,1937), on which registration under the L.R. Act, 1925, became compulsory on sale of land throughout the administrative county of Middlesex. See REGISTRATION....
Registration of copyright
Registration of copyright. The Copyright Act, 1842, authorising in every case of copyright the registration of the title of the proprietor at Stationers' Hall, and providing that, without previous registration, no action should be commenced, was repealed by the Copyright Act, 1911, and no such registration is now necessary....
Registration of charges on land
Registration of charges on land, for the registration of charges affecting land, and for the protection of purchasers for value of the land in case of non-registration; and for allowing searches of the registers on payment of fees. See LAND CHARGES....
Has been registered and possesses a registration certificate
Has been registered and possesses a registration certificate, The words 'has been registered and possesses a registration certificate' used in sub-s. (1) of s. 7 of the Punjab General Sales Tax Act, 1948 have to be construed in accord with the general tenor of the section as a whole, and in a manner which would avoid oppressive, unreasonable and anomalous results. Assessing Authority v.. Patiala Biscuits Manufacturers (P) Ltd., now Dalmia Biscuits (P) Ltd., AIR 1977 SC 1339: (1977) 2 SCC 389: (1977) 3 SCR 85...
Notice under the Land Registration Act, 1925 (English)
Notice under the Land Registration Act, 1925 (English). An entry on the register affecting the registered proprietor of the land and persons desiring title under him with notice of the estate claim or other matter comprised in the notice (see s. 48 of the Act). Leases exceeding 21 years, annuities or rent-charge, severance of mines or minerals, land charges, deposits of land certificates ae, inter alia, subject-matter of notice on the register. Consult Fortescue-Brickdale and Stewart Wallace on the Land Registration Act, 1925....
Panchayat Electoral Registration offices
Panchayat Electoral Registration offices, means an officer appointed as such by the State Election Commissioner under sub-s. (1) of s. 6 of the West Bengal State Election Commission Act, 1994 (West Bengal Act 8 of 1994) and includes an Assistant Panchayat Electoral Registration Officer. [West Bengal Panchayat Election Act, 2003, s. 2(17)]...
Registration of electors
Registration of electors. The representation of the People Act, 1918, provides for the preparation of a spring and an autumn register in each year by the registration officer for each parliamentary borough or county. This officer is the clerk of the county or the town clerk (see Part II. of the Act, ss 11 et seq.). See (as amended 12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 12, and (English) Local Govt. Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51)....
Title to lands, Registration of
Title to lands, Registration of. See REGISTRATION....
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