Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. a method of government
registration and guarantee of land-titles, named from its
author, Sir Robert Richard Torrens, of South Australia, where
the Torrens Land Transfer Act was passed in 1858. It established
land registry offices, where, after examination of his title to
a given property by a public examiner, a proprietor might have
his title registered with a description of the property, and so
officially guaranteed. Subsequent purchasers, mortgagees, or
lease-holders are likewise protected, on registration of their
transactions regarding the property. Certificates of title are
issued by the registration office to each party in interest on
the surrender of conflicting certificates. The system passed
rapidly from South Australia to other British colonies, and is
now, with some modification, in use in parts of England and
Canada, and in several of the United States. In most
jurisdictions its use is optional. Sorry, no example sentences
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