Section 128Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW)

Definitions

For the purposes of this Division and Divisions 3 and 4—
Lease includes an original or derivative under-lease, also a grant at a fee farm rent, or securing a rent by condition, and an agreement for a lease where the lessee has become entitled to have his or her lease granted.
Lessee includes an original or derivative under-lessee, a grantee under such a grant as aforesaid, his or her executors, administrators, and assigns, a person entitled under an agreement as aforesaid, and the executors, administrators, and assigns of a lessee.
Lessor includes an original or derivative under-lessor, a grantor as aforesaid, a person bound to grant a lease under an agreement as aforesaid, and the executors, administrators, and assigns of a lessor.
Under-lease includes an agreement for an under-lease where the under-lessee has become entitled to have his or her under-lease granted.
Under-lessee includes any person deriving title through or from an under-lessee.

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