Sec. 580. The purpose of the legislation.

581. The method of registration.

582. Transfers after registration.

583. Equitable interests.

584. Liens.

585. Transfer of decedent's land.

580. The purpose of the legislation. The system of registration of titles, frequently called the "Torrens System,"1 has for its purpose the establishment of a method by which the title to a particular piece of land will be always ascertainable by reference to a certificate issued by a government official, made by law conclusive in this regard. Such a certificate is first issued after a judicial proceeding in the nature of a suit to quiet title, and all subsequent transfers or transactions affecting the title are either noted on this certificate, or on a new certificate substituted therefor. The advantages claimed for this system over that now generally in vogue in this country, by which a purchaser is dependent chiefly on the record of conveyances for knowledge of the state of his vendor's title, are many. Chief among them are the saving to the community of the cost of a new examination of the title in connection with each transfer or other transaction affecting the land, the removal of all uncertainties as to the title, which can be accomplished only partially by the present system of examining the records, and the greater speed with which transfers can be effected, after the title has once been made the subject of judicial proceedings for its establishment. The details of the legislation providing for the introduction of this system differ greatly in different countries and, so far as introduced in this country, in different states, and a mere outline of the methods of procedure thereunder can here be given.2

Made the subject of judicial proceedings for its establishment. The details of the legislation providing for the introduction of this system differ greatly in different countries and, so far as introduced in this country, in different states, and a mere outline of the methods of procedure thereunder can here be given.2

1. After Sir Robert Torrens, of South Australia, who first introduced it into use among English speaking people. A simi3 R. P. - 1

(2273) lar system had been in vogue in some parts of Germany for many years.