ii.] DISTRIBUTION OF LAND IN ENGLAND. 87 



marked on a copy of the ordnance map, so that by 

 inspection, it might at once be ascertained whether 

 a property had been registered or not. 



When land had thus been registered, no purchaser 

 or mortgagee should be affected by any dealing with 

 the land, subsequent to the registration, which did 

 not appear on the register ; and further, every one 

 dealing with the land should be considered as having 

 notice of all that appeared on the register, whether 

 he took the trouble of inspecting it or not. 



For the purpose of registration a book might be 

 appropriated to each registered property, so that by 

 turning to that book, it might at once be known, 

 with certainty, who had obtained any right in the 

 property since the registration took place. 



A claim as heir should be entered on the register, 

 and after a certain period from the death of the 

 owner, a land fide purchaser, from one whose claim 

 as heir has been so entered on the register, should 

 not be affected by the claim of any person as 

 heir or as devisee not registered previously to the 

 purchase. 



A will affecting the land should be entered on the 

 register, and after a certain period from the decease 

 of the testator, a ~bona fide purchaser from a devisee 

 under such will, should not be affected by any will or 

 claim as heir not previously registered. 



The registration of any document or claim would 

 not give to the document or claim itself any greater 



