Editing Registry (section)

==Government and law==
* A '''registry''' is an authoritative list of one kind of information. Registries normally contain fields with a unique ID, so that the record can be referenced from other documents and registries<!-- see https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/registers/registers --> 
** [[Civil registry]], a government record of vital events (for example, births, deaths and marriages)
** [[Land registry]], an official record of land ownership
** [[Registry of Motor Vehicles]], a government agency that administers the registration of automobiles
** [[Sex offender registry]], a system to allow government authorities to keep track of sex offenders
* [[Permanent residence (United States)#Registry|Permanent residence registry]], a legislative provision that allows an illegal entrant to become a lawful permanent resident by virtue of having continuously resided in the United States since before a specified date
* Registry fee, a postal fee paid to send [[registered mail]]
* [[The Registry]], a risk management tool used by landlords to screen prospective renters