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RIGHTS OF LIGHT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1961 - SECT 5

Interpretation.

5. In this act

"action" includes a counterclaim, and any reference to the plaintiff in an
action shall be construed accordingly;

"tenancy" means a tenancy created either immediately or derivatively out of
the freehold, whether by a lease or underlease, by an agreement for a lease or
underlease or by a tenancy agreement or in pursuance of any enactment, but
does not include a mortgage term or any estate arising in favour of a
mortgagor by his attorning tenant to his mortgagee;

"owner", in relation to any land, means a person who is for the time being the
owner of any freehold estate therein, or is entitled to a tenancy thereof for
a term of years certain of which, at the time in question, not less than seven
years remain unexpired, or is a mortgagee in possession (within the meaning of
the Conveyancing Act, 1881) where the estate mortgaged is either such a
freehold estate or such a tenancy.

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