Section 1 Land Registration Law (LRL) Lagos State 2015

Section 1 of the Land Registration Law (LRL) of Lagos State 2015 provides as follows:

In this Law unless the context otherwise requires –
“Adverse possession” includes the receipt of rent by a person wrongfully claiming the land in reversion;
“Certificate” means a certificate as evidence of holding or title and other matters issued under the provisions of this Law;
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Lands, Lagos State or any person for the time being charged with responsibility over the Lagos State Ministry of Lands;
“Court” means the High Court of Lagos State and includes any Court of superior jurisdiction;

“Disposition” means any act performed where the rights of persons in or over land, or any sub-lease or mortgage are affected otherwise than by an act not yet done in a contract or agreement, and includes any acquisition by operation of law;

“Document” includes any deed, judgment, decree, order or other document in writing requiring or capable of registration under this Law and includes certificate of occupancy;
“Doctrine of relation back” is a principle that something done today will be treated as if it were done earlier;
“Easement” means any right which may be the subject of a deed of grant attached to land where the use by the holder of the land is or may
be restricted, or the use without holding or occupation of the land is or may be enjoyed by the holder of adjoining or adjacent land;
“Encumbrance” includes any sub-lease or mortgage capable of being registered under this Law;

“First registration” means the registration of any dealing with the land or any sub-lease or mortgage affecting the whole or any part of the laud (not being a document having effect only as a caveat or caution);
“Guardian” means any person under customary law or otherwise responsible for protecting the interest of any person under disability by reason of age, unsound mind or any other cause;

“Holder” means any person registered under this Law as having legal interest in land including assignments, sub-lease, mortgage or sub mortgage.
“Interest” in relation to land includes a term of years granted;

“Land” means land affected by this Law and includes all things growing on the land, buildings and other things permanently affixed to it, and where land is covered with water, the land itself but does not include water, or any mine, minerals, mineral oil or mineral gas;
“Land parcel” means any area of land separately shown on the Land Registry map;
“Land Registry Map” means the map compiled from plans and kept by the Registrar for the purposes of this Law;
“Lessee” means the holder of a sub-lease or a lease;

“Lessor” means the holder of sub-leased land;
“Mortgage” means an interest in land securing the payment of money or money’s worth or the fulfilment of any condition and includes the interest in land known as mortgage, and “Sub-mortgage” shall have the corresponding meaning;
“Mortgagee” means the holder of a mortgage;
“Mortgagor” means the holder of any land the subject of mortgage under this Law;
“Mutation record” means a form recording changes in the Land Registry map kept by the Registrar under this Law;

“Powers” when used in reference to the Registrar and his subordinates, includes duties;
“Presentation book” means the book in which are recorded all applications for registration under this Law;
“Principle of first in time is first in law” means a buyer, lender or other party acquiring interest in real property will take interest subject to all prior matters of record;

“Register” or “the register’’ means the record of holding and of encumbrances and interests kept for the purposes of this Law;
“Registered land” means land registered under this Law;
“Registration officer” means the person appointed for the purposes of any adjudication under this Law;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Titles under this Law and includes a Deputy Registrar;

“Registration section” means a division of land registration district made by the Registrar on the Land Registry map;
“Registered title documents” include Certificates of Occupancy, Deeds and Land Certificate;
“Sub-lease” includes sub-lease but does not include an agreement for a sub-lease;
“Survey” includes digital mapping;

“Transfer” means the acquisition of land, any sub-lease or mortgage by act of the parties and not by operation of law, and includes the document by which any such acquisition is effected;

“Transmission” means the acquisition by operation of Law of any interest in land and where land may be acquired compulsorily under any law, include any such acquisition;

“True copy” means a copy that is produced through the same process as an original copy;
“Valuable consideration” does not include any nominal consideration in money.