{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/removal-terms-scotland-act-1886/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/removal-terms-scotland-act-1886/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/49-50/50",
  "legislation_title": "Removal Terms (Scotland) Act 1886",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/removal-terms-scotland-act-1886",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions.",
  "text": "In this Act the following expressions shall have the following meanings:\n“House” shall mean a dwelling-house, shop, or other building and their appurtenances, and shall include a dwelling-house or building let along with land for agricultural or other purposes:\n“Burgh” shall mean royal burgh, parliamentary burgh, or any populous place, the boundaries whereof have been fixed and ascertained under the General Police and Improvement (Scotland) Act, 1862, and subsequent Acts:\n“Lease” shall include tack and set, and shall apply to any lease, tack, or set, whether constituted by writing or verbally, or by tacit relocation, and of whatever duration:\n“Tenant” shall mean a tenant under any lease as defined by this Act: and\n“Person” shall mean any person or individual, and shall apply to and include companies and corporations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1862 c. 101."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/49-50/50/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:37:15.906719+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."
}