- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,(1)addition means the place of residence, and the profession, trade, rank and title (if any) of a person described, and, in the case of [an Indian] [Substituted by A.O.1950, for " a Native of India" .], [* * *] [The words "his caste (if any) and" omitted by Act 17 of 1956, Section 2 (w.e.f. 6.4.1956).] his fathers name, or where he is usually described as the son of his mother, then his mothers name;(2)book includes a portion of a book and also any number of sheets connected together with a view of forming a book or portion of a book;(3)district and sub-district respectively mean a district and sub-district formed under this Act;(4)District Court includes the High 1Court in its ordinary original civil jurisdiction;(5)endorsement and endorsed include and apply to an entry in writing by a registering officer on a rider or covering slip to any document tendered for registration under this Act;(6)immovable property includes land, buildings, hereditary allowances, rights to ways, lights, ferries, fisheries or any other benefit to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything which is attached to the earth, but not standing timber, growing crops nor grass;[(6-A) India means the territory of India excluding the State of Jammu and Kashmir;] [Inserted by Act 3 of 1951, Section 3 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1.4.1951).](7)lease includes a counterpart, kabuliyat, an undertaking to cultivate or occupy, and an agreement to lease;(8)minor means a person who, according to the personal law to which he is subject, has not attained majority;(9)movable property includes standing timber, growing crops and grass, fruit upon and juice in trees, and property of every other description, except immovable property; and(10)representative includes the guardian of a minor and the committee or other legal curator of a lunatic or idiot.[* * *] [Clause (11) defining [States" , inserted by A.O.1950 was repealed by Act 3 of 1951, Section 3 and Sch. (w.e.f. 1.4.1951).]
