Western Australian Current Acts

PROPERTY LAW ACT 1969 - SECT 100

100 .         Terms used in this Part

                In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —

        Court means the Supreme Court or a Judge;

        decision of the Court includes the decision of a court hearing an appeal from the Court;

        instrument includes a will and also includes an instrument, testamentary or otherwise, exercising a power of appointment, whether general or special, even if the power were created before this Part comes into operation; but does not include an Act of Parliament;

        limitation includes any provision in an instrument by which any property, or any interest in any property, or any right, power, authority or discretion in or over or in connection with any property, is or purports to be devised or bequeathed to, or created for, or given or granted or appointed to or conferred upon, or otherwise limited to, any person or purpose, and whether subject to a condition, precedent or subsequent, or not;

        property includes any thing in action, and any interest in real or personal property;

        trust and trustee have the same meaning as in the Trustees Act 1962 ;

        will includes a codicil.