190 Power of judge to cancel, correct, etc., duplicate certificate
transaction or contract relating to it, or in respect of any instrument,
caveat, memorandum or entry affecting land, the judge by decree
or order may direct the Registrar to cancel, correct, substitute or
issue any certificate of title or make any memorandum or entry on
it and otherwise to do every act necessary to give effect to the
decree or order.
(2) In particular and without limiting the generality of subsection
(1), in any case where a title to land has been issued and the owner
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has entered into any contract relating to the sale or disposition of
the land and if it can be shown to the satisfaction of the judge that
(a) the applicant is entitled to a transfer of the land and to be
registered as its owner and the registered owner has no
further interest in the land, and
(b) the registered owner is dead and no transfer of the land t o
the purchaser has been made or the registered owner has not
been located after a reasonable inquiry and no transfer of the
land to the purchaser has been made,
the judge on the giving of any notice to any persons that the judge
may require, may by order direct the Registrar to cancel the
existing certificate of title and issue a new certificate of title in the
name of the purchaser.
RSA 1980 cL-5 s180;1999 c10 s35