Limited Penalties Act, 1864

Interpretation of terms.

2. In the construction of this Act the term “judgment” shall be taken to include registered decrees, orders of courts of equity and bankruptcy, and other orders having the operation of a judgment; and the term “land” shall be taken to include all hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, or any interest therein; and the term “debtor” shall be taken to include husbands of married women, assignees of bankrupts, committees of lunatics, and the heirs or devisees of deceased persons.