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LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) ACT 1870 - SECT 70

70. In the construction of this Act the following words and expressions shall
have the force and meaning hereby assigned to them, unless there be something
in the subject or context repugnant thereto:

The term "person" or "party" shall extend to and include any body politic,
corporate, or collegiate, whether aggregate or sole, and any public company:

Definition rep. by SLR 1980

The term "prescribed" shall mean prescribed by any rules made in pursuance of
this Act:

The term "lease" shall include an agreement for a lease:

The term "settlement" as used in this Act shall include any Act of Parliament,
will, deed, or other assurance or connected set of assurances whereby
particular estates or particular interests in land are created, with
remainders or interests expectant thereon; and every estate and interest
created by appointment made in exercise of any power contained in any
settlement or derived from any settlement shall be considered as having been
created by the same settlement; and an estate or interest by way of resulting
use or trust to or for the settlor, or his heirs, executors, or
administrators, shall be deemed to be an estate or interest under the same
settlement:

The term "landlord" in relation to a holding shall include a superior mesne or
immediate landlord, or any person for the time being entitled to receive the
rents and profits or to take possession of any holding:

The term "tenant" in relation to a holding shall mean any tenant from year to
year and any tenant for a life or lives or for a term of years under a lease
or contract for a lease, whether the interest of such tenant has been acquired
by original contract, lawful assignment, devise, bequest, or act and operation
of law; and where the tenancy of any person having been a tenant under a
tenancy which does not disentitle him to compensation under this Act is
determined or expiring, he shall, notwithstanding such determination or
expiration, be deemed to be a tenant until the compensation, if any, due to
him under this Act has been paid or deposited as in this Act provided:

The term "improvements" shall mean in relation to a holding

(1)Any work which being executed adds to the letting value of the holding on
which it is executed, and is suitable to such holding; also,

(2)Tillages, manures, or other like farming works, the benefit of which is
unexhausted at the time of the tenant quitting his holding.

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