2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,(1) “addition” means the place of residence, and the profession, trade, rank and title (if any) of a person described, and his father's name, or where he is usually described as the son of his mother, then his mother's name: (2) “book” includes a portion of a book and also any number of sheets connected together with a view of forming a book or portion of a book: ¹[(2a) “co-operative society” means a co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912, or under any other law for the time being in force relating to the registration of co-operative societies.](3) “district” and “sub-district” respectively mean a district and sub-district formed under this Act:(4) “District Court” includes the ²[High Court Division] in its ordinary original civil jurisdiction:(5) “endorsement” and “endorsed” include and apply to an entry in writing by a registering officer on a rider or covering slip to any document tendered for registration under this Act: (6) “immoveable property” includes land, buildings, benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth, or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth, hereditary allowances, rights to ways, lights, ferries and fisheries but does not include(a) standing timber, growing crops or grass whether immediate severance thereof it intended or not;(b) fruit upon and juice in trees whether in existence or to grow in future; and(c) machinery embedded in or attached to the earth, when dealt with apart from the land:(7) “lease” includes a counter-part, kabuliyat and an undertaking to cultivate or occupy:(8) “minor” means a person who, according to the personal law to which he is subject, has not attained majority:(9) “moveable property” means property of every description, except immoveable property:(10) “representative” includes the guardian of a minor and the committee or other legal curator of a lunatic or idiot: and(11) “tout' means a person(a) who habitually frequents the precincts of a registration office, without a licence granted to him under the rules made under section 80G, for the purpose of obtaining employment for himself or for any other person in connection with any registration business; or(b) who is declared to be deemed to be a tout for the purposes of this Act by rules made under section 80G;