Property (Northern Ireland) Order 1978

Interpretation of Part III N.I.

9.  In this Part—

• “conveyance” includes any instrument, other than a will, consisting of or including a grant, transfer, mortgage, charge, lease, assignment, assent, appointment, vesting declaration, disclaimer, release or other assurance of property or of an interest therein; and “convey” has a corresponding meaning;

• “disposition” includes a conveyance and also a devise, bequest or appointment of property by will;

• “implied”, in relation to a covenant, includes implied by a statutory provision;

• “property” includes—

  (a)

  land;

  (b)

  a chattel or any interest in a chattel;

  (c)

  a thing in action;

  (d)

  any other right which is treated commercially as property;

• “statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1( f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 [1954 c.33] .