registry act
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From 75 U.S. 491 - Aldrich v. Aetna Company · 1869Most cited · 31 citing opinions
The court regarded the law as a registration act, which excluded all State legislation in respect to the same subject... As a registry act there can be no doubt upon the recording of the mortgage, the fact that it is not accompanied by the possession of the vessel affords no ground of impeachment of the transaction, as the record is regarded as satisfactorily accounting for the non-delivery of the possession.