Relief From Harsh System
As we have seen, the deeds registration system can be very harsh on the vendor's part, the law gradually relaxes the vendor's duty.
In Hong Kong, the vendor is generally only required to prove his title up to 15 years prior to the date of the sale and purchase. Further, various legislative measures relieve the vendor's duty. For example, the vendor can rely on assumption that a recital of an instrument referring to matters prior to 15-year-old is true.
In Ireland a vendor has to produce "a good root of title" {usually a conveyance for value but some other instruments qualify also}. A purchaser cannot insist that the root of title be more than 40 years old and the practice is to only insist on a minimal 20 year period because there is a presumption that the recitals in a conveyance for valuable consideration are true if that conveyance is at least 20 years old.
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