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Glossary


This glossary of terms used in relation to land has been drawn from many sources.

A to C

ABS: Australian Bureau of Statistics. Abstract of Title: A listing of documents comprising the chain of evidence to a person's estate or interest in land. Absorption Area: An area onto which runoff ...

D to G

Dataset: A group of related data elements. DCDB: Digital Cadastral Database - the legal parcel fabric (current subdivisional pattern) of the State supplied by the Department of Lands. Dealing: Any i ...

H to P

Heirs and Assigns: Persons who succeed by bloodlines in possession of real property and/or to whom property is transferred. Hiatus: An unintended gap left between two adjoining current deeds. Indefe ...

Q to Z

Qualified Title: A folio of the Register in which is recorded a "caution" that has not been cancelled. A caution warns persons dealing with the registered proprietor that the land is held subject to a ...

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