MLL325 Lecture 1: MLL325-Land-Law-Exam-Notes
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Land: meaning of land: some part of the earth. Including physical components: soil, minerals, vegetation and fixtures. Cuius est solum rule: ownership of land extends up to heaven and down to centre of the earth (fanciful phrase subject to limitations) Three-dimensional space: surface, above the surface and below the surface: open-ended inverted pyramid. Land may be defined for purpose of a statute: S 4(1) tla: (cid:858)land includes any estate or interest in land but does not include an interest in land arising under the. Difference b/w systems: general law land is land alienated or granted by the crown from 1837 to the commencement of torrens legislation in 1862 (vic) Legal title can only be transferred by a deed of conveyance. Even with converted land the provision of the pla may still affect priorities. System of deeds registration: categorize deeds according to lodgment.
