How have courts interpreted the principle that no transfer or ownership passes or passes the estate unless the estate has already been registered?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from MacLeod v. Montgomery Estate, 1979 ABCA 339 (CanLII):
In jurisdictions where land registration requirements make provision for passing title upon registration, as in s. 56 (supra) the courts have in general laid it down as principle that no transfer or ownership passes the estate unless the registration has already taken place: Macedo v. Stroud, (supra).
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