Section 2 – Interpretation - Clause

In this Act, unless there be something repugnant in the subject or context-

• "Transfer" - "Transfer" means an alienation inter vivos;
• "Will" - "Will" means the legal declaration of the intentions of the testator with respect to his property affected by this Act, which he desires to be carried into effect after his death;
• "Codicil" - "Codicil" means an instrument made in relation to a Will, and explaining, altering, or adding to its dispositions: It is considered as forming an additional part of the Will;
• "Signed" - "Signed" applies to the affixing of a mark;
• "Registered" - "Registered" means registered according to the provisions of the rules relating to the registration of assurances for the time being in force in Oudh;
• "Minor" - "Minority" - "Minor" means any person who shall not have completed the age of eighteen years, and "minority" means the status of such person;
• "Taluqdar" - "Taluqdar" means any person whose name is entered in the first of the lists mentioned in section eight;
• "Grantee" - "Grantee" means any person upon whom the proprietary right in an estate has been conferred by a special grant of the British Government, and whose name is entered in the fifth or sixth of the lists mentioned in section eight;
• "Estate" - "Estate" means the taluqa or immoveable property acquired or held by a Taluqdar or Grantee in the manner mentioned in section three, section four, or section five, or the immoveable property conferred by a special grant of the British Government upon a Grantee;
• "Heir" - "Heir" means a person who inherits property otherwise than as a widow, under the special provisions of this Act; and "legatee" means a person to whom property is bequeathed under the same provisions;
• Words expressing relationship - Words expressing relationship denote only legitimate relatives, but apply to children in the womb who are afterwards born alive.