Section 2(48) in The Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats And Industrial Townships Act, 1965
(48)"street" means any road, foot-way, square, court-alley or passage, accessible whether permanently or temporarily to the public, whether a thoroughfare or not, and shall include every vacant space, notwithstanding that it may be private property and partly or wholly obstructed by any gate, post, chain or other barrier, if houses, shops or other buildings about thereon and if it is used by any persons as a means of access to or from any public place or thoroughfare, whether such persons as occupiers of such buildings or not; but shall not include any part of such space which the occupier of any such building has a right at all hours to prevent all other persons from using as aforesaid;
