Section 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 [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 [State] of [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.