Section 2Part 1 — Introductory
Definitions
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In this Law — "application book" means the application book kept under section 4 (d); "base parcel" means the parcel in relation to which a volumetric plan has been registered; "charge" means an interest in land securing the payment of money or money's worth or the fulfilment of any condition, and includes a sub-charge and the instrument creating a charge; "chargee" means the proprietor of a charge; "chargor" means the proprietor of charged land or of a charged lease or charge; "court", save as is otherwise expressly provided, means the Grand Court; "dealing" includes disposition and transmission; "disposition" means any act inter vivos by a proprietor whereby his rights in or over his land, lease or charge are affected, but does not include an agreement to transfer, lease or charge; "easement" means a right attached to a parcel of land which allows the proprietor of the parcel either to use the land of another in a particular manner or to restrict its use to a particular extent, but does not include a profit; "to file" means to place in relative parcel file; "guardian" means any person responsible for protecting the interests of any person who is under a disability, whether by reason of age, unsoundness of mind or any other cause; "instrument" includes any deed, judgment, decree, order or other document requiring or capable of registration under this Law; "interest in land" includes absolute ownership of land; "land" includes land covered with water, all things growing on land and buildings and other things permanently affixed to land; "Land Register" means the Land Register compiled under Division 2 of Part II; "lease" means the grant, with or without consideration, by the proprietor of land of the right to the exclusive possession of his land, and includes the right so granted and the instrument granting it, and also includes a sublease but does not include an agreement for a lease; "lessee" means the holder of a lease; "lessor" means the proprietor of leased land; "licence" means a permission given by the proprietor of land or a lease which allows the licensee to do some act in relation to the land or the land comprised in the lease which would otherwise be a trespass, but does not include an easement or a profit; "parcel" means an area of land separately delineated on the Registry Map and given a number; "periodic tenancy" means a tenancy from year to year, half year to half year, quarter to quarter, month to month, week to week or the like; "personal representative" means executor of the will or administrator of the estate; "profit" means the right to go on the land of another and take a particular substance from that land, whether the soil or products of the soil; "proprietor" means the person registered under this Law as the owner of land or a lease or a charge; "the register" means the leaf of the Land Register kept in respect of a parcel of land or of a registered lease; "to register" means to make an entry, note or record in the register under this Law, and "registered", "unregistered" and "registration" bear a corresponding meaning; "Registrar" means the Registrar of Lands appointed under section 5; "registration section" means a registration section established under section 14; "registry" means the land registry established under section 4; "Registry Map" means the map or series of maps referred to in section 14; "transfer" means the passing of land, a lease or a charge by act of the parties and not by operation of law, and also the instrument by which such passing is effected, but does not include an agreement to transfer; "transmission" means the passing of land, a lease or a charge from one person to another by operation of law on death or insolvency or otherwise howsoever, and includes the compulsory acquisition of land under any written law; "trustee" includes personal representative; and "valuable consideration" includes marriage, but does not include a nominal consideration; "volumetric parcel" means a parcel shown as such on a volumetric plan; and "volumetric plan" means a plan that defines land using three-dimensionally located points to identify the position, shape and dimensions of each bounding surface and may contain one or more volumetric parcels consisting of or including volumetric space.
Defined Terms
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Cross References
- Section 4 of Registered Land Actexternal
application book kept under section 4 (d)
- Section 5 of Registered Land Actexternal
Registrar of Lands appointed under section 5
- Section 14 of Registered Land Actexternal
registration section established under section 14
- Section 14 of Registered Land Actexternal
Registry Map referred to in section 14