An Ordinance to prescribe and regulate the Registering of Titles to Lands, Tenements and Hereditaments, Real or Immoveable Estates, and of Charges and Incumbrances on the same: and for the alteration and improvement of the law, in certain particulars, in relation to the Alienation and Hypothecation of Real Estates, and the Rights and Interest acquired therein.

  • Province
    Lower Canada (1792-1841)
  • Chapter
    4 Victoria Chapter 30 (Session 6)
  • Year
    1841
  • Concepts
    Property Law
    Women's Property Rights
  • Jurisdictional Relevance
    Provincial/Provinciale
  • Number of Articles
    59
  • Description
    This Ordinance clearly defines how property can be inherited, registered, as well as the extent of hypothecary rights and claims, and other ways property is transferred, to prevent the fraudulent conveyance of real estate. Penalties for those found to defy the terms of this Ordinance are outlined as well as the limits of the terms outlined.
  • Source
    Not available