Section 2. Definitions

2. Definitions. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-- (a) "Board" means the Land Development Board constituted for the [2][State] under section 3; (b) "owner", in relation to any land, means-- (i) a person having a proprietary right in the land and includes a usufructuary mortgagee of such right and, in the [2][State] of [1][Ajmer], an istimrardar, a jagirdar a muafidar, and a bhumia; and (ii) a tenant of the land as hereinafter defined; (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (d) "reclamation" includes cultivation, afforestation and any other improvement of land; and (e) "tenant" includes a usufructuary mortgagee of the rights of a tenant. [Footnotes] 1. Subs., ibid., for "Ajmer-Merwara". 2. Subs. by A.O. 1950, for "Province".