Section 2Part 0 —
Definitions
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In this Law —
"conveyance" includes a lease, assent, vesting declaration, vesting instrument, disclaimer, release and every other assurance of land or of interest therein by instrument, except a will;
"encumbrance" includes a legal or equitable mortgage, a charge, a trust for securing money, a lien, and a charge of a portion annuity, or other capital or annual sum;
"encumbrancer" has a meaning corresponding with that of encumbrance, and includes every person entitled to the benefit of an encumbrance, or to require payment or discharge thereof;
"land" includes land of any tenure and tenements and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, and houses and other buildings, also undivided share in land;
"purchaser" means any person (including a mortgagee or lessee) who, in good faith and for valuable consideration, takes any interest in land or charge on land;
"valuable consideration" includes marriage but not a nominal consideration in money; and
"Registrar" means the person appointed Registrar of Lands or the Public Recorder for the time being performing the duties of Registrar under section 3.
Defined Terms
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