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