registered land

Land to which the title in question is registered (see *land registration). Land in an area of compulsory registration may be both registered and unregistered; for example, the freehold owner’s title need not be registered if he acquired the land before compulsory registration was introduced in the area, but if he grants a lease for more than 21 years the tenant’s leasehold title must be registered. Strictly, it is the legal estate or title that is registered, not the land itself.