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torrens title

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
tor-ren-s ti-tle
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

Torrens titles (plural)

Questions

What does torrens title mean?
Title to real estate provided by a government register (as opposed to the old common law system of deeds or chain of title).
Where does torrens title come from?
Named for Robert Torrens (1814-1884), Premier of South Australia who introduced the first such system there in 1858.

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