# Crown Lands Act 1833, Section 8: Original conveyance, deed, or duplicate thereof, or copy or extract of same duly attested, to be in all courts evidence of right and title.


Not only the original conveyance, deed, or other document by which any lands or other heritable property or subjects to which this Act relates shall be disposed of under the provisions of this Act, but also the duplicate thereof, to be so transmitted as aforesaid, or a copy or extract of such duplicate, attested by the officer for the time being in whose custody the same shall remain, (and which copies the said officer is hereby authorized and required to grant to any person applying for the same, on payment of a fee of 5p for every such copy, and if the same shall consist of more than seventy-two words, then of a further fee of 5p for every seventy-two words over the first seventy-two words,) shall be admitted in all courts as evidence of the right and title of the purchasers, grantees, lessees, and all persons claiming under them, to the subjects to which such conveyances, deeds, or other documents shall relate.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4/3-4/69/section/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crown-lands-act-1833-ukpga-will43-4-69/section-8
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.