Tor|rens system

Tor|rens system
Tor|rens system «TR uhnz, TOR-»,
a system of registering titles of real estate, designed to simplify the transfer of land, used especially in the British Commonwealth and in Europe.
╂[< Sir Robert R. Torrens, 1814-1884, an Irish-born Australian politician, who introduced it in South Australia in 1858]

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  • 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 system — Tor rens sys tem A system of registration of titles to land (as distinct from registration of deeds) introduced into South Australia by the Real Property (or Torrens) Act (act 15 of 1857 58), drafted by Sir Robert Torrens (1814 84). Its essential …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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