Radical title

Radical title is a concept in English common law that refers to the Crown's underlying title to all land held in overseas plantations and colonies.[1] It grants the Crown the power to alienate others from land and to transfer beneficial ownership of the land to itself or others, but by itself does not grant beneficial ownership.[2]

  1. ^ Williams, David V. (15 April 2021). "Radical Title of the Crown and Aboriginal Title: North America 1763, New South Wales 1788, and New Zealand 1840". Common Law, Civil Law, and Colonial Law. Cambridge University Press. p. 260–285. doi:10.1017/9781108955195.011.
  2. ^ Bartlett, Richard (2020). Native Title in Australia (4 ed.). LexisNexis Butterworths. pp. 274–276. ISBN 978-0409350920.