# Torrens title

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Title to real estate provided by a government register (as opposed to the old common law system of deeds or chain of title).

## Etymology
Named for Robert Torrens (1814-1884), Premier of South Australia who introduced the first such system there in 1858.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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