36—General words implied in conveyances
(1) A conveyance of
land shall be deemed to include and shall by virtue of this Act operate to
convey, with the land, all buildings, erections, fixtures, commons, hedges,
ditches, fences, ways, waters, watercourses, liberties, privileges, easements,
rights, and advantages whatsoever, appertaining or reputed to appertain to the
land, or any part thereof, or at the time of conveyance, demised, occupied, or
enjoyed with, or reputed or known as part or parcel of or appurtenant to the
land or any part thereof.
(2) A conveyance of
land, having houses or other buildings thereon, shall be deemed to include and
shall by virtue of this Act operate to convey, with the land, houses or other
buildings, all outhouses, erections, fixtures, cellars, areas, courts,
courtyards, cisterns, sewers, gutters, drains, ways, passages, lights,
watercourses, liberties, privileges, easements, rights and advantages
whatsoever, appertaining or reputed to appertain to the land, houses or other
buildings conveyed, or any of them, or any part thereof, or, at the time of
conveyance, demised, occupied, or enjoyed with, or reputed or known as part or
parcel of or appurtenant to, the land, houses or other buildings conveyed, or
any of them, or any part thereof.
(3) This section shall
apply only if and as far as a contrary intention is not expressed in the
conveyance, and shall have effect subject to the terms of the conveyance and
to the provisions therein contained.
(4) This section shall
not be construed as giving to any person a better title to any property, right
or thing in this section mentioned than the title which the conveyance gives
to him to the land expressed to be conveyed, or as conveying to him any
property, right, or thing in this section mentioned, further or otherwise than
as the same could have been conveyed to him by the conveying parties.