2Interpretation

2 Interpretation

(1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

action includes any proceeding in a court of law;

[Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 66 of 2004, s. 4, Applied:01 Jan 2005] [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 52 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:01 Jul 2018]

[Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 66 of 2004, s. 4, Applied:01 Jan 2005] date of discoverability, in the case of an action for damages for personal injuries, means the date when the plaintiff knew or ought to have known that personal injury or death –

(a) had occurred; and

(b) was attributable to the conduct of the defendant; and

(c) in the case of personal injury, was sufficiently significant to warrant bringing proceedings;

land includes corporeal hereditaments and rentcharges, and any legal or equitable estate or interest therein, including an interest in the proceeds of the sale of land held upon trust for sale, but, save as aforesaid, does not include an incorporeal hereditament;

legal owner, in relation to settled land, means the tenant for life within the meaning of the Settled Land Act 1884 having a legal estate therein;

parent, in relation to an infant, includes a person appointed, according to law, to be his guardian by deed or will, or by order of a court of competent jurisdiction;

[Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 52 of 2017, s. 4, Applied:01 Jul 2018] personal injury includes any disease and any impairment of a person's physical or mental condition;

personal property does not include chattels real;