{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-1984/section-140",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-1984/section-140.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/28",
  "legislation_title": "County Courts Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-1984",
  "path": "section/140",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "140",
  "heading": "Interpretation of sections 138 and 139.",
  "text": "For the purposes of sections 138 and 139—\n“lease” includes—\n(a) an original or derivative under-lease;\n(b) an agreement for a lease where the lessee has become entitled to have his lease granted; and\n(c) a grant at a fee farm rent, or under a grant securing a rent by condition;\n“lessee” includes—\n(a) an original or derivative under-lessee;\n(b) the persons deriving title under a lessee;\n(c) a grantee under a grant at a fee farm rent, or under a grant securing a rent by condition; and\n(d) the persons deriving title under such a grantee;\n“lessor” includes—\n(a) an original or derivative under-lessor;\n(b) the persons deriving title under a lessor;\n(c) a person making a grant at a fee farm rent, or a grant securing a rent by condition; and\n(d) the persons deriving title under such a grantor;\n“under-lease” includes an agreement for an under-lease where the under-lessee has become entitled to have his under-lease granted; and\n“under-lessee” includes any person deriving title under an under-lesse.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/28/section/140",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:02:30.128313+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}