Abbreviations used in Registers of Scotland
Abbreviation | Short For | Additional Information |
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1979 or 1979 Act | Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 | The act which established the land register. Superseded by the 2012 Act. |
2012 or 2012 Act | Land Registration etc (Scotland) Act 2012 | The act which currently governs the land register |
AN | Advance Notice | Protects the subjects in the Advance Notice for 35 days |
ART | Accelerated Registration Team |
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BAU | Business as usual |
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CMS | Case Management System | Also stands for Content Management System |
COF | Capture Once First file (occasionally referred to as a Capture Once File) | Index type created at pre-registration stage which creates a draft plan for re-use |
DMS | Digital Mapping System | Legacy inhouse mapping tool. Stores spatial data for the land register. |
DoC | Deed of Conditions |
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EMT | Executive Management Team |
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FR | First Registration | The first time a property has been added to the land register |
IFO | In favour of |
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KIR | Keeper Induced Registration | Internal process which moves a property from the sasine register to the land register. The property owner is not directly involved. |
LR | Land Register |
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LRS | Land Register System | The system used to record and maintain textual data for the land register |
PAL | Performance and Learning | Learning and Development platform |
PI or PI Share | Pro indiviso share | Ownership of land or property which is shared by more than one party |
RA | Research Area | Index type created by RoS that shows an area affected by common burdens deeds |
RIC | Right in common | A right to land jointly owned by more than one party |
RMT | Registration Management Team |
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SITT | Subjects in this title |
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TPO | Tree Preservation Order |
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TPs | Transfers of Part | Application to transfer part of a registered title - e.g. a single house within a large housing development. |
VR | Voluntary Registration | Voluntary application for a First Registration of an area of land |