Conveyancing and law of property act tas

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – bankruptcy includes liquidation by arrangement, and any other act or proceeding having, under any Act, effects or results similar to those of bankruptcy;

building purposes include the erecting and the improving of, and the adding to, and the repairing of buildings; and a building lease is a lease for building purposes or purposes connected therewith;

conveyance includes assignment, appointment, lease, settlement, and other assurance, made by deed, on a sale, mortgage, demise, or settlement of any property, or on any other dealing with or for any property;

Court means the Supreme Court;

covenant in gross means a covenant created under section 90AB ;

incumbrance includes a mortgage in fee, or for a less estate, and a trust for securing money, and a lien, and a charge of a portion, annuity, or other capital or annual sum; and incumbrancer includes every person entitled to the benefit of an incumbrance, 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 an undivided share in land; in relation to land income includes rents and profits, and possession includes receipt of income;

mortgage includes any charge on any property for securing money or money's worth; and mortgage money means money or money's worth, secured by a mortgage; and mortgagor includes any person from time to time deriving title under the original mortgagor, or entitled to redeem a mortgage, according to his estate, interest, or right in the mortgaged property; and mortgagee includes any person from time to time deriving title under the original mortgagee; and mortgagee in possession is, for the purposes of this Act, a mortgagee who, in right of the mortgage, has entered into and is in possession of the mortgaged property;

property includes real and personal property, and any estate or interest in any property real or personal, and any debt, and any thing in action, and any other right or interest;

purchaser includes a lessee or mortgagee, and an intending purchaser, lessee, or mortgagee, or other person who, for valuable consideration, takes or deals for any property; but sale means only a sale properly so called;

Register has the same meaning as it has in the Land Titles Act 1980 ;

rent includes yearly or other rent, toll, duty, royalty, or other reservation, by the hectare, the tonne, or otherwise; and fine includes premium or fore-gift, and any payment, consideration, or benefit in the nature of a fine, premium, or fore-gift;

securities include Government debentures, Treasury bills, and shares;

timber includes all indigenous or foreign trees, the wood of which is ordinarily used for building or manufacturing purposes, and the bark of such trees, but does not include brushwood, scrub, or underwood.