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172 First Estate Of Inheritance Necessary To Registration Of Fee Simple

In This Volume

  • 172 If 2 or more persons are owners of different estates or interests in the same land, by way of remainder or otherwise,
  • (a) the first owner of an estate of inheritance must be registered as the owner of the fee simple but, in the register, the owner of the estate of inheritance must not be shown to be possessed of a larger or different estate from that to which the owner of the estate of inheritance is by law entitled, and
  • (b) the estates or interests of the other owners must be registered by way of a charge according to their priority.

1979-219-169; 1982-60-39, proclaimed effective August 1, 1983; 2023-10-466.