TIME.-Continued.

chattel mortgages to be filed within what, 255.
time when actual notice given will be effectual, 205.
extension of, as valuable consideration, 208.

TITLE-

does not pass without acknowledgment, when, 54.
without record, when, 189.

TRUST. See Trustee; Resulting Trust.
actual notice of, is binding, 210 note.

TRUSTEE-

is alone authorized to release trust deed, when, 176 note.

is regarded as a purchaser, when, 210, 35.

for benefit of creditors, not a purchaser, 210, 211.

notice to, is notice to cestui que trust, when, 239.

cannot take acknowledgment of deed of trust to himself, 35, 67.

TRUST DEED-

usually regarded as a form of mortgage, 35, 210, 175 note.
rule not universal, 35, 358 note.

release of, when not effectual, 175 note.

not assignable like a mortgage, 210 note.

U.

USAGE-

recognized as determining the proper book of record, 37, 188.
and as to proof for record by witnesses, 122.

USURY-

mortgage invalidated by, in Alabama and Georgia, 154 note, 209.

UTAH TERRITORY—

statutory provisions relating to registry, 477–480.

possession by polygamous wife not notice, when, 235 note.

VALIDATING STATUTES-

V.

a frequent exercise of legislative power, 23.
constitutionality of such statutes, 23, 97.

of defective acknowledgments, 97, 190 note.

of deeds of married women, 120.

of defective records, 190.

as affecting two adverse deeds of same property, 168 note.
as affecting sheriffs' deeds, 26.

VALUABLE CONSIDERATION—

defined, under the registry acts, 204, 205, 206.

antecedent debt as, 207.

extension of time as, 208.

VENDOR'S LIEN-

how far exempted from the operation of the registry laws, 20.

implied, now abolished in many states, 20.

prohibited by general policy of registry acts, 20, 200 note.

VENUE-

statement of in certificate of acknowledgment, 70.

VERMONT-

statutory provisions relating to registry, 481-484.
VESSELS-

bills of sale and mortgages of, to be registered, where, 275.
state and Federal legislation on the subject, 276.

VIRGINIA-

statutes relating to registry, 485-488.

creditors protected to what extent, 193, 196, 197, 211 note.
deed of married woman not effectual until recorded, 186.
antecedent debt is valuable consideration, 207, 211 note.
VOID DEED-

record of, is not notice, 154 note.

WARRANTY—

W.

where deed is with, after-acquired title enures to benefit of first
recorded conveyance, 161.

WASHINGTON TERRITORY-

statutory provisions relating to registry, 489-493.
registry of wife's separate property, 185.

WEST VIRGINIA-

statutory provisions relating to registry, 494-498.
creditors as protected by the recording acts, 196.
WIDOW-

ratification by, of deed defectively acknowledged as wife, 119.
WIFE. See Married Woman.

acknowledgment of deeds by, 103-110.
conveyances by and to, 116-125, 186.

WILLS-

laws relating to the record of, 50.

recorded as conveyances in some states, 51.

WISCONSIN-

statutory provisions relating to registry, 499-503.
WITHDRAWAL-

of deed after filing-effect of, 140, 256.
of chattel mortgage, 254.

WITNESSES-

proof for record by, as at common law, 122.
general features of the statutes, 123.

summary of statutory provisions, 124.

are of grantor's selection, when, 125.

proof by one when statute requires two, 126.

to deed, not chargeable with notice of it long afterwards, 223

note.

defined-when disqualified, 127,

the certificate and affidavit of proof by, 128.

other statutory matters as to proof by, 129.

proof of handwriting, 130.

subscribing, essential to record, when, 145.

statutory certificates of proof by, 321, 326, 341, 345, 350.

WYOMING TERRITORY-

statutory provisions relating to registry, 504-507.