Quote Originally Posted by allodial View Post
Coincidentally, around the time of the start of the U.S. Civil War, the stronger emergence of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in the USA, stronger break with orthodox Christianity in America, the Papacy's loss of its Papal States (1870) in Europe (Italy), federation of Canada (1867), Bishop Strossmayer's speech (1870) we see the emergence of the Torrens system in Australia and Canada. The Domesday (Doomsday?) Book (1066).

Though Thomas Paine might be correct in some regards on finances, I would not suggest his ideas to have been of primary embrace by those who fought the American Revolution. Also, the evidence tends to show that the decline in England truly took hold around 1665.


My point in the link is that even when the judge is real, one would reverse the transaction; not just declare a proper sale to have never happened.