The development of a deed to transfer a right in rem in common law of England

Krivozubov Anton V.

Discussing the issue of deed which transfers the rights in rem the majority of Russian researchers deal with German law. A few amount of them deals with common law. In this essay there is an attempt to show the places of possession and a dead as a basis of right in rem in common law. It is suggested that possession isn’t a mere physical contact with the object, it is rather a sign to point out a person in which the legal rights are vested. In developed societies possession can be implied in a record in the register of property rights and the deed to transfer a property right itself can evolve into an application to change a record in the register.

Keywords:possession, deed, estate, seisin, register of property rights.