(a) "Act" or "statute" means an Act or statute of the Legislature of the province unless the context otherwise requires;
(b) "bank" or "chartered bank" means a bank to which the Bank Act (Canada) applies, and includes a branch, agency, and office of a bank;
(c) "Court of Appeal" means the Appeal Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland referred to in section 3 and Part I of the Judicature Act;
(d) "Criminal Code" means the Criminal Code of Canada;
(e) "Gazette" means the Newfoundland Gazette;
(f) "goods" means personal property;
(g) "Governor General" means the Governor General of Canada or other chief executive officer or administrator carrying on the Government of Canada on behalf and in the name of the Sovereign, by whatever title he or she is designated;
(h) "Governor General in Council" means the Governor General or person administrating the Government of Canada, acting by and with the advice of, or by and with the advice and consent of, or in conjunction with the Queen's Privy Council for Canada;
(i) "grantor" includes every person from whom a freehold estate or interest passes by instrument in writing and "grantee" includes every person to whom the estate or interest passes in like manner;
(j) "Great Seal" means the Great Seal of the province;
(k) "Her Majesty", "His Majesty", "the Queen", "the King" or "the Crown" means the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, Canada and His or Her other Realms and Territories, and Head of the Commonwealth;
(l) "holiday" includes Sunday, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Victoria Day, the birthday or the day appointed for the celebration of the birth of the reigning Sovereign, Labour Day, Remembrance Day, Armistice Day, Christmas Day, and a day appointed by an Act of the Parliament of Canada or by proclamation of the Governor General or of the Lieutenant-Governor for day of a general prayer or mourning or day of public rejoicing or thanksgiving or a public holiday, and whenever a holiday falls on a Sunday the expression "holiday" includes the following day;
(m) "justice" means a justice of the peace and includes 2 or more justices if 2 or more justices act or have jurisdiction;
(n) "Legislature" means the Lieutenant-Governor acting by and with the advice and consent of the House of Assembly of the province;
(o) "Lieutenant-Governor" means the Lieutenant-Governor of the province or other chief executive officer or administrator carrying on the Government of the province on behalf and in the name of the Sovereign, by whatever title he or she is designated;
(p) "Lieutenant-Governor in Council" means the Lieutenant-Governor or person administering the Government of the province acting by and with the advice of, or by and with the advice and consent of, or in conjunction with the Executive Council of the province;
(q) "month" means a calendar month;
(r) "Newfoundland" means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Province of Newfoundland;
(s) "oath" or "affidavit" includes affirmation and declaration and "swear" includes "affirm" and "declare";
(t) "person" includes a corporation and the heirs, executors, administrators or other legal representatives of a person;
(u) "proclamation" means a proclamation under the Great Seal;
(v) "province" means the Province of Newfoundland except when used in reference to a part of Canada other than the Province of Newfoundland in which case "province" includes the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories;
(w) "Provincial Court judge" means a Provincial Court judge appointed under the Provincial Court Act, and includes the Chief Provincial Court judge;
(x) "registered mail" includes certified mail;
(y) "representatives" means executors and administrators;
(z) "security" means sufficient security;
(aa) "Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court of Newfoundland, and, where the subject or context requires, the Court of Appeal or the Trial Division referred to in the Judicature Act;
(bb) "surety" means a sufficient surety;
(cc) "Trial Division" means the Trial Division of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland referred to in section 3 and Part II of the Judicature Act;
(dd) "United Kingdom" means the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;
(ee) "United States" means the United States of America;
(ff) "warrant" means warrant which is signed and sealed;
(gg) "will" includes codicil;
(hh) "writing", "written" or a term of like import includes words printed, painted, engraved, lithographed, photographed, or represented or reproduced by a mode of representing or reproducing words in a visible form; and
(ii) "year" means a calendar year.