The Land Transfer Act 1875 (38 & 39 Vict c 87), sometimes called Lord Cairns' Act,
[Herbert Chilion Jones. The "Torrens System" of Transfer of Land. Carswell & Co. Toronto. 1886]
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The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
that introduced a voluntary system of registration of title to land.
The Act apparently aimed to introduce the Australian model of title registration. But land registration remained as voluntary, and the options were not taken up.
See also
*English land law
English land law is the law of real property in England and Wales. Because of its heavy historical and social significance, land is usually seen as the most important part of English property law. Ownership of land has its roots in the feudal ...
References
*Holt, Edward H. The Land Transfer Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. Cap. 87). Shaw & Sons. Fetter Lane & Crane Court, London. 1876
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*William Thomas Charley. The Real Property Acts, 1874, 1875 & 1876. Third Edition. H Sweet. Chancery Lane, London. 1876. Chapter 5 ("1875 V. Land Titles and Transfer"). Page
111
to 352 (including "Appendix to the Land Transfer Act, 1875" at page 299 et seq.).
*William Henry Barlow Atkinson. A Sketch of the Land Transfer Act, 1875, and the Land Transfer Bill, 1887. Stevens and Sons. London. 1888. Reviewed at (1888) 84 The Law Time
299
(25 February).
*Charles Fortescue Bricksdale and William Robert Sheldon. The Land Transfer Acts, 1875 and 1897. Stevens and Sons Limited. Chancery Lane, London. 1899. Internet Archive
*Benjamin Lennard Cherry and Harold Walter Marogold. The Land Transfer Acts 1875 & 1897. Sweet and Maxwell Limited. Chancery Lane, London. 1899
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*Richard Halliday. A Concise Treatise on the Law and Practice of Conveyancing. Second Edition. Horace Cox. Windsor House, Bream's Buildings. London. 1900. Chapter 14 ("The Land Transfer Acts 1875 and 1897, and Rules and Orders issued thereon for the Registration of Title to Land"). Pages 611 to 693
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