race statute
race statute 〈美〉登记在先权利优先法 登记法的一种，规定登记在先者，无论其对他人发生在先的权利是否知情，其权利皆优先。此种登记法在美国仅为路易斯安那州与北卡罗来那州所用。(→notice statute; race-notice statute)
RACE STATUTE
race statute
race statute. A recording act providing that the person who records first, regardless of notice, has priority. • Only Louisiana and North Carolina have race statutes. — Also termed pure race statute; race act. Cf. NOTICE STATUTE ; RACE-NOTICE STATUTE. [Cases: Vendor and Purchaser 231(11).C.J.S. Vendor and Pur-chaser § 502.]