Land transfer and local registration of title.

Abstract

The Local Registration of Title (Ireland) Act, 1891, to which, at the request of the President and Council, I have the honour to invite the society's attention, is an important measure affecting the transfer of land in Ireland. Four years ago it was my privilege to lay before the society an analysis of a cognate measure, the Registration of Assurances Bill, by the same author, then Attorney-General, now Mr. Justice Madden. That bill did not become law, but it is necessary to refer to it in connection with this Act, as they are complementary of each other, and though mutually exclusive in their operation, combined they represent the policy of their author on the subject of land transfer.