Principle

LAND LAW — Registration of Instruments — Presumption from Registration — Requirement of Evidence of Consent

Area of law
LAND LAW
Court
Supreme Court

Registration of an instrument does not automatically raise a presumption that ministerial consent was obtained. The presumption of regularity (omnia praesumuntur rite et solemniter esse acta) does not apply to fill the gap of missing consent. The party relying on the validity of the transaction…

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