Section 4

In the interpretation of this Act and of any rules or regulations made thereunder, unless the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires —“assurance fund” means the assurance fund constituted under section 134;“caveatee” means the proprietor or other owner of land described in a caveat and to whom notice of the caveat is required to be given;“caveator” means the person by whom or on whose behalf a caveat is lodged;“Court” means the High Court;“duplicate”, in relation to the land-register, includes any authorised form of duplication or reproduction;“executor” means the executor to whom probate has been granted, and includes an executor by right of representation;“interest”, in relation to land, means any interest in land recognised as such by law, and includes an estate in land;“land” means the surface of any defined parcel of the earth, and all substances thereunder, and so much of the column of air above the surface as is reasonably necessary for the proprietor’s use and enjoyment, and includes any estate or interest in land and all vegetation growing thereon and structures affixed thereto. Subject to any provision to the contrary the proprietorship of land includes natural rights to air, light, water and support and the right of access to any highway on which the land abuts;“purchaser” means a person who in good faith and for valuable consideration acquires an interest in land, and includes a mortgagee, chargee and lessee; “purchase” has a meaning corresponding with that of “purchaser”;“registered land” means land which has been brought under the provisions of this Act by being included in a folio of the land-register;“Registrar” means the Registrar of Titles appointed pursuant to this Act.