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Torrens law — [tôr′ənz, tär′ənz] n. [after Sir Robert Torrens (1814 84), Austral statesman] any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said… … English World dictionary
Torrens system — Tor·rens system / tōr ənz / n [after Sir Robert Torrens (1814–1884), British pioneer in Australia]: a title registration system used esp. in Massachusetts, Hawaii, Illinois, and Minnesota ◇ When a certificate of title is first applied for in the… … Law dictionary
Torrens title system — A system for recording land titles under which a court may direct the issuance of a certificate of title upon application by the landowner. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. torrens title system … Law dictionary
Torrens title — is a system of land title where a register of land holdings maintained by the state guarantees an indefeasible title to those included in the register. The system was formulated to combat the problems of uncertainty, complexity and cost… … Wikipedia
Law of the British Virgin Islands — The law of the British Virgin Islands is a combination of common law and statute, and is based heavily upon English law.Law in the British Virgin Islands tends to be a combination of the very old and the very new. As a leading offshore financial… … Wikipedia
Law of Malaysia — The law of Malaysia is mainly based on the common law legal system. This was a direct result of the colonization of Malaya, Sarawak, and North Borneo by Britain between the early 19th century to 1960s. The supreme law of the land the Constitution … Wikipedia
Torrens title — noun Title to real estate provided by a government register (as opposed to the old common law system of deeds or chain of title) … Wiktionary
River Torrens — Infobox River river name = River Torrens caption = View of Elder Park and Riverside Precinct from Torrens Lake. origin = Mount Pleasant, Mount Lofty Ranges mouth = Gulf Saint Vincent at Henley Beach South basin countries = length = 85 kilometres… … Wikipedia
Robert Torrens — For his father, the economist and MP, see Robert Torrens (economist); for the Irish cricketer, see Roy Torrens. Sir Robert Richard Torrens GCMG (1814 ndash; August 31 1884) was the third (though some sources say first [Andrew Lyall, Land Law in… … Wikipedia
James H. Torrens — (September 12, 1874 April 5, 1952) was a congressman and influential New York Tammany Hall figure in the first half of the 20th century. Torrens served as Tammany/Democratic leader of New York s old Twenty First congressional district (today s… … Wikipedia
