Section 2:
Interpretation - clause.
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" "Legatee" .--- "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.