Impounding refers to the legal process of seizing and retaining merchandise, funds, or records by an officer of the law. It generally aims to secure the items in question as evidence, prevent their misuse, or ensure compliance with legal procedures.
The Registry of Deeds is an officially maintained book that provides a place and mechanism for registering evidences of conveyances of interests in real property, so that constructive notice may be available to all third parties that there has been a change in the ownership of property effected by a conveyance of that property.
