Register

1, V. To enter officially in proper form, or in the appropriate book or books.

3, n.

A book kept by publio authority; a record.

3, n.

A keeper of records; a recorder; a registrar: as, a register in bankruptcy, of public lands, of vessels, of wills.

Registrant.

A person who complies with a law requiring a registration; as, of a trade-mark, q. v. Registration. Recording, in full or in substance, and in due form of law, in an official book or register. The act of making a list, catalogue, schedule, or register. 2 May not intend a literal copying or recording, but entering in a book a statement or menjorandum of facts to serve as memorials or evidence; as, in a statute requiring the certificate of a transfer of stock to be registered on the books of the company which. issued the stock.'

Registry. 1.

The act of recording; registration.

2.

The system of recording transactions as required by law; also, the place where recorded documents are kept. Registry of deeds.- The object is to impart to parties dealing with property information respecting its transfers and incumbrances, and thus to protect them from prior secret conveyances and liens. It is to the registry, therefore, that purchasers, or others desiring to ascertain the condition of the property, must look; and, if not otherwise informed, they can rely upon the knowledge there obtained. But if they have notice of the existence of an unregistered conveyance, they cannot complain that they are prejudiced by the want of registry. The general doctrine is that knowledge of an existing conveyance or ' See R. S., and St. L., Index, " Refunds." '' Appointment of Supervisors of Election, 1 F. R. mortgage, in legal effect, is equivalent to notice by the registry.

1 Eegisti-y of vessels.

The purpose is to declare the nationality of vessels engaged in trade with foreign countries, and to enable these vessels to assert that nationality. The purpose of an " enrollment " is to evidence the national character of vessels engaged in the coasting trade or home trafi Hc and to enable them to procure a coasting license. Neither " registry " nor "record" is usually applied to an enrollment. This distriction is observed throughout the legislation of Congress. The general statute on the subject of registry is the act of December 31, 1792; the general statute on enrollment, the act of February 18, 1793.' JRegistry of voters. In statutes relating to elections, " registered voters " uniformly refers to persons whose names are placed upon the registration books provided by law as the sole record or memorial of the duly qualified voters.' " Eegistration," in its ordinary, generic sense, when applied to voters, means any list, register, or schedule containing names, the being on which list, register, or schedule constitutes a prerequisite to voting.* See Record; Tkade-mark.