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Advantage of a registered title

Circumstances in which an unregistered registrable instrument can be pleaded and be deemed admissible

Condition for the registration of an instrument affecting the disposition of land belonging to a company under PNDCL 152

Distinction between registration of titles and registration of instruments

Distinction between the conveyancing of unregistered land and the conveyancing of registered land

Effect of a registered instrument

Effect of a registration under the Land Registry Act, 1962 (Act 122)

Effect of an unregistered instrument

Effect of fraud on registration

Effect of fraudulent registration of title

Effect of non-registration of a registrable instrument

Effect of not executing an instrument requiring registration under the Land Instruments Registration Law before a designated authority

Effect of registering a land where the person registering has no title to the land

Effect of registration of a conflicting common law title on a customary title

Effect of registration of land under the Land Registry Act 1963 (Act 122) and the Land Title Registration Law, 1986 (PNDCL 152)

Effect of the registration of an instrument

Importance of the registration laws

Instruments which are required to be registered

Meaning of a registrable instrument

Nature of the priority given by registration

Need for a mortgage in writing to be registered; effect of non-registration

Presumption of due execution where a document is registered in accordance with the provision of Section 17(1) - (4) of the Lands Instrument Registration Law Cap 158 Laws of Lagos State 2004

Process of registration of a valid land document at the Lands Commission

Purpose of registration of of an instrument affecting land

Register of Title

2 subsidiary principles

The principle that a registered instrument takes priority over an unregistered instrument

The principle that that all documents pertaining to or affecting land wherein one party purports to confer, transfer or vest title in land to or on another party, must be registered for it to be pleaded and given in evidence

The principle that the first in time will take priority where competing conveyances are registered under the law

The purport of the prescribed forms under the Registration of Titles Act

The purport of the Registration of Titles Act

The question of the applicability or otherwise of the doctrine of constructive registration

The rule that a document affecting land takes effect against other instrument affecting the same land from the date of registration

Whether a deed purporting to confirm the plaintiff's customary grant is a registrable instrument

Whether a document evidencing a customary transfer of interest in land must be registered

Whether a person forfeits his title for failure to register it

Whether a purchaser with notice of the possession by a third party can rely on want of registration by the third party

Whether an action will fail where the plaintiff fails to register a vesting assent

Whether an attempt to register equates to registration

Whether an unregistered document can create legal obligations

Whether an unregistered instrument cannot operate to transfer any legal interest in land

Whether an unregistered registrable instrument can be pleaded

Whether an unregistered title deed is admissible in evidence

Whether failure to register an instrument renders it void

Whether failure to use the forms as prescribed by the Registration Titles Act completely invalidates the dealing

Whether fraud constitutes a defence for avoiding the incidence of registration of title to land

Whether inaccurate plans are registrable under the current registration regime

Whether late registration of a registrable instrument detracts from the purchaser's title

Whether leases for a term not exceeding three years are registrable

Whether mere registration of title deed validates spurious or fraudulent transfers

Whether registration dispenses with the requirements of the equitable doctrines of fraud and notice

Whether registration guarantees title to the registrant

Whether registration of an invalid title can confer on the registrant any estate in land

Whether registration of instruments constitutes notice to the whole world

Whether registration of instruments is concerned with the validity or authenticity of such instruments

Whether the fact that registration under the Registration of Titles Act does not confer title to land is a ground to validate fraud

Whether the mere fact of registration of an instrument cures any defect in the instrument

Whether the possibility of registering an instrument any time means that the instrument has any legal effect from the date of execution up to the date of registration

Whether the registration of a deed of conveyance confers title on a purchaser

Whether the registration of a document per se defeats the unregistered interest of the other party

Whether the registration of an instrument confers an unimpeachable title on the holder of the registered instrument

Whether the registration of an instrument presupposes that the requisite consent has been obtained

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