Land Certificate

A certiflcate given to a registered proprietor of freehold land under the English Land Transfer Act of 1875. A similar certiflcate is given to the transferee on every subsequent transfer. It contains a description of the land as it appears on the register and the name and address of the proprietor, and is prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters therein set forth. LAND cop. The sale of land which was evidenced in early English law by the transfer of a rod or festuca {q. v.) as a symbol of possession which was handed by the seller to the reeve and by the reeve to the purchaser. The conveyance was made in court, it is supposed, for securing better evidence of it, and barring the claims of expectant heirs; Maitl. Domesd. B. 323.

Upon the registration of freehold land under the English land transfer act, 1875, a certificate is given to the registered proprietor, and similarly upon every transfer of registered land. This registration supersedes the necessity of any further registration in the register counties. Sweet.

Defined under Land in Black's Law Dictionary.