English Explanatory Dictionary

Torrens title

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Title to real estate provided by a government register (as opposed to the old common law system of deeds or chain of title).

Word forms

Torrens title Torrens titles

Etymology

Named for Robert Torrens (1814-1884), Premier of South Australia who introduced the first such system there in 1858.

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