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Restriotion

In tbe case of land registered under the English land transfer act, 1875, a restriction is an entry on the register made on the application of the registered proprietor of the land, the effect of which is to prevent the transfer of tbe land or the creation of any charge upon it, unless notice of the application for a transfer or charge ih

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)