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Tor·rens law (tôr′ənz, tär′-)

any of various statutes that provide for the registration of the title to land with the government, which issues a warranted title deed (Torrens certificate) to said land

Etymology: after Sir Robert Torrens (1814-84), Austral statesman

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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