{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/property-northern-ireland-order-1978/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/property-northern-ireland-order-1978/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1978/459",
  "legislation_title": "Property (Northern Ireland) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/property-northern-ireland-order-1978",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part III",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“conveyance” includes any instrument, other than a will, consisting of or including a grant, transfer, mortgage, charge, lease, assignment, assent, appointment, vesting declaration, disclaimer, release or other assurance of property or of an interest therein; and “convey” has a corresponding meaning;\n“disposition” includes a conveyance and also a devise, bequest or appointment of property by will;\n“implied”, in relation to a covenant, includes implied by a statutory provision;\n“property” includes—\n(a)land;\n(b)a chattel or any interest in a chattel;\n(c)a thing in action;\n(d)any other right which is treated commercially as property;\n“statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1( f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 1954 c.33.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1978/459/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:53:14.299920+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."
}