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 rejected, without putting him to any further expense. Should the applicant, being in possession, be enabled to show such a title, although the evidence he adduces might not be sufficient to enable him to compel an unwilling purchaser to complete, the examiners would report the case to the registrar, with recommendation that notices should be served, and the claim advertised more or less extensively, according to the nature of the case and the domicile of the parties likely to be interested.

Notices are served upon the persons in possession, upon such persons, if any, as the examiners may indicate as likely to be interested either at law or in equity, and who have not joined in the application, and also upon the owners and occupiers of contiguous land. These notices set forth the purport of the application, and intimate that unless objection be made by lodging caveat within the time prescribed by the registrar, the land will be brought under the provisions of the Act, and indefeasible title granted to the applicant.

If within the time appointed caveat be lodged, the action of the registrar is suspended until it be withdrawn, or until he receives the final judgment of the Supreme Court upon the question raised.

If no caveat be lodged within the prescribed time, or if caveat so lodged be withdrawn, or set aside by the final judgment of the Court, the land is brought under the operation of the Act by the issue of certificate of title, vesting the estate indefeasibly in the applicant.

These certificates are in duplicate. They define the land in respect to which they are issued, by description and reference to the Ordnance Tithe, or other officially recognised maps, and where necessary by diagram on the certificate. They set forth the nature of the estate of the applicant, whether a fee-simple or limited owner, and notify by memorials endorsed all lesser estates, leases, charges, ease-