Small Holdings Act 1892

20Definitions

For the purposes of this Act—

  • The expressions " agriculture " and " cultivation " shall include horticulture and the use of land for any purpose of husbandry, inclusive of the keeping or breeding of live stock, poultry or bees, and the growth of fruit, vegetables, and the like :

  • The expression " county " shall mean the area under the authority of a county council:

  • The expression " county council " shall include the council of a county borough, and the expression " electoral division " in its application to a county borough divided into wards shall mean ward, and in its application to a county borough the expression " county rate" shall mean the borough rate or borough fund:

  • The expression " county elector " shall include " burgess."

  • In this Act, and in the enactments incorporated with this Act, the expression " land " shall include any right or easement in or over land.