1986 Ed.]
Limitation
CHAPTER 347
LIMITATION
[CAP. 347
3
To consolidate and amend the law relating to the limitation of actions and arbitrations.
Originally 31 of 1965.
L.N. 37/68. L.N. 100/68. 9 of 1972.
67 of 1976.
L.N. 346/82.
[11 June 1965.]
PART I
PRELIMINARY
58 of 1984.
77 of 1984.
L.N.294/88.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Limitation Ordinance.
2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
"action" includes any proceeding in a court of law;
"the court", in relation to an action, means the court in which the action has been, or is intended to be, brought;
"foreshore" means the shore and bed of the sea and of any tidal water, below the line of the medium high tide between the spring tides and the neap tides;
"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 any incorporeal hereditament;
"parent" includes father and mother, and grandfather and grandmother, and stepfather and stepmother, whether any such relationship is legitimate, illegitimate or in consequence of adoption;
"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" shall be construed accordingly; (Replaced, 67 of 1976, s. 2)
"rent" includes a rentcharge and a rent service;
"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;
"ship" includes every description of vessel used in navigation not propelled solely by oars;
Short title.
Interpretation.
1939 c. 21. s. 31: 1954 c. 36. s. 2(3).
1986 Ed.]
Limitation
CHAPTER 347
LIMITATION
[CAP. 347
3
To consolidate and amend the law relating to the limitation of actions
and arbitrations.
Originally 31 of 1965.
L.N. 37/68. L.N. 100/68. 9 of 1972.
67 of 1976.
L.N. 346/82.
[11 June 1965.}
PART I
PRELIMINARY
58 of 1984.
77 of 1984.
L.N.294/88.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Limitation Ordinance.
2. (1) In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-
"action" includes any proceeding in a court of law;
"the court", in relation to an action, means the court in which the
action has been, or is intended to be, brought;
"foreshore" means the shore and bed of the sea and of any tidal water, below the line of the medium high tide between the spring tides and the neap tides;
"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 any incorporeal hereditament;
"parent" includes father and mother, and grandfather and grand- mother, and stepfather and stepmother, whether any such relationship is legitimate, illegitimate or in consequence of adoption;
"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" shall be construed accordingly; (Replaced, 67 of 1976, s. 2)
"rent" includes a rentcharge and a rent service;
"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;
"ship" includes every description of vessel used in navigation not
propelled solely by oars;
Short title.
Interpretation.
1939 c. 21. s. 31: 1954 c. 36. s. 2(3).
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