land certificate

land certificate
a document issued by the Land Registry to the proprietor of land, the title to which is governed by the Land Registration Acts; the certificate constitutes evidence of the proprietor's title rather than the title itself. Where title to land is subject to the Land Registration Acts, a land certificate is the document giving details of the title (i.e. a description of the land, the number of the title, the persons registered as proprietor). Although the entries on the Register constitute the actual title to the land, the land certificate is evidence thereof and is usually required to be deposited with lenders when the land is mortgaged.
A very similar system exists in respect of registered land in Scotland. Not all of Scotland is yet covered by registration. The land certificate has a title number and a plan attached based on the Ordnance Survey. The title is guaranteed by the state. It has a section that states any burdens over the land. See Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


land certificate
A certificate issued by the Land Registry prior to the implementation of the Land Registration Act 2002 to the owner of registered land as evidence of ownership.
Where the property was subject to a mortgage or charge the Land Registry issued a charge certificate instead. The charge certificate would be issued to the lender under the mortgage or charge, with the legal owner of the land receiving what was called a charge certificate supplement.
Since 13 October 2003, the Land Registry no longer issues land or charge certificates and all existing certificates have no legal significance.
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