In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(a)“Board” means the Land Development Board constituted for the 4[State] under section 3;
(b)“owner”, in relation to any land, means—
(i)a person having a proprietary right in the land and includes a usufructuary mortgagee of such right and, in the 4[State] of 2[Ajmer], an istimrardar, a jagirdar a muafidar, and a bhumia; and
(ii)a tenant of the land as hereinafter defined;
(c)“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(d)“reclamation” includes cultivation, afforestation and any other improvement of land; and
(e)“tenant” includes a usufructuary mortgagee of the rights of a tenant.