38 Interpretation
Limitation Act 1980 (1980 c 58) | Legislation

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(1)     In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“action†includes any proceeding in a court of law, including an ecclesiastical court [(and see subsection (11) below)];

“land†includes corporeal hereditaments, tithes and . . . any legal or equitable estate or interest therein . . . but except as provided above in this definition does not include any incorporeal hereditament;

“personal estate†and “personal property†do not include chattels real;

“personal injuries†includes any disease and any impairment of a person's physical or mental condition, and “injury†and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

“rent†includes a rentcharge and a rentservice; “rentcharge†means any annuity or periodical sum of money charged upon or payable out of land, except a rent service or interest on a mortgage on land;

“settled landâ€, “statutory owner†and “tenant for life†have the same meanings respectively as in the

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