In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the

In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context, - (i) ‘Estate’ means (a) any permanently-settled estate whether a Zamindari, jaghir, mitta or palaiyam; (b)any portion of such permanently-settled estate which has been separately registered in the office of the Collector; (c)any unsettled palaiyam or jaghir; (d)any inam village of which the grant was made or has been confirmed by the British Govenment; (e) any portion, consisting of one or more villages of any of the estates specified above in clauses (a), (b) and (c), which is held on a permanent under-tennure. (ii) ‘Government land’ means any land not forming an estate or any portion thereof. (iii) ‘Prescribe’ means prescribed by rules framed under this Act (iv) ‘Proprietor’ means any person in whose name any estate is for the time being registered in the office of the Collector of the district wherein the estate is situated, and in respect of an estate specified in clause (e) of sub-section (i) the holder there of (v) The ‘registered holder’ of any Government land means the person in whose name the land in question is registered in the Government accounts of the village: Provided that when any person other than the registered holder is in lawful management of Government land otherwise than as agent or servant of the registered holder or as mortgagee or lessee, such person shall be deemed to be the registered holder in respect of such Government land. (vi) Where an estate or Government land is so registered in the names of two or more persons jointly, the ‘Proprietor’ or ‘registered holder’, as the case may be, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be the person who is recognized by the other joint holders as the manager of the estate or who, in case of dispute is recognized by the Collector as senior joint holder (vii) ‘Survey’ includes all operation incidental to the determination, measurement and record of a boundary or boundaries, or any part of a boundary and includes a resurvey. (viii) ‘Survey mark’ means any mark or object erected, made, employed or specified by a survey officer to indicate or determine or assist in determining the position or level of any point or points ‘Survey officer’ means any person appointed to be a survey officer under section 4. ‘Village headman’ and ‘village accountant’ in relation to the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district respectively include, ‘Village Officer’ and ‘Village assistant’