{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-real-property-actions-proceedings-law-111","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Real Property Actions \u0026 Proceedings Law § 111","heading":"Definitions","body":"§ 111. Definitions. 1. As used in section 1641 of this chapter and in\nsections 1901 and 1911 of this chapter, the terms \"real property\" and\n\"lands\" are co-extensive in meaning with lands, tenements and\nhereditaments.\n  2. As used in section 1921, the term \"real property\" includes lands,\ntenements and hereditaments and chattels real, except a lease for a term\nnot exceeding three years.\n  3. As used in this chapter the term \"incompetent\" or \"incompetent\nperson\" means a person incompetent to manage his affairs of whose\nproperty a committee has been appointed pursuant to section 78.03 or a\nperson of whose property a committee has been appointed pursuant to\nsection 78.07 of the mental hygiene law.\n  4. As used in this chapter the term \"infant\" or \"minor\" means a person\nwho has not attained the age of eighteen years.\n  5. As used in this chapter, the term \"conservatee\" means a person\nunder substantial impairment within the meaning of the conservatorship\nprovisions of article seventy-seven of the mental hygiene law for whom a\nconservator has been appointed.","path":["Real Property Actions \u0026 Proceedings Law","Article 1. Short Title; Definitions; Jurisdiction of Certain Actions; Construction of Act"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/RPA/111","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"ab777c741bb5e52442155d2194a2f6207b88dccb047440d8d54b79aa61324888","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-real-property-actions-proceedings-law-101","next":"us-ny/n.y.-real-property-actions-proceedings-law-121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}