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    §  5-301  Definitions.  As  used  in  this subchapter unless otherwise
  expressly stated, or unless the  context  or  subject  matter  otherwise
  requires, the following terms shall mean:
    1.  "The  court",  "the  supreme court": A special term of the supreme
  court for condemnation proceedings held in the county  within  the  city
  and  within  the judicial district in which real property being acquired
  or some part thereof is situated.
    2. "Application to condemn": An application to the  supreme  court  to
  have  the  compensation  which  should  justly be made to the respective
  owners of the real  property  proposed  to  be  taken,  ascertained  and
  determined by the court without a jury.
    3. "Justice": The justice assigned to hold such court.
    4. "Days": Calendar days exclusive of Sundays and full legal holidays.
    5.  "Owner":  A  person  having an estate, interest or easement in the
  real property being acquired or a lien, charge or encumbrance thereon.
    6. "Real property": Includes all lands and improvements,  lands  under
  water,  waterfront  property, the water of any lake, pond or stream, all
  easements and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, and every estate,
  interest and right, legal or equitable, in lands or  water,  and  right,
  interest,  privilege,  easement  and  franchise  relating  to  the same,
  including terms for years and liens by  way  of  judgment,  mortgage  or
  otherwise.
    7.  "Street":  Includes  street,  avenue,  road, alley, lane, highway,
  boulevard, concourse, parkway, driveway, culvert,  sidewalk,  crosswalk,
  boardwalk and viaduct, and every class of public road, square and place,
  except marginal streets and wharves.
    8. "Capital project proceeding": A condemnation proceeding pursuant to
  the  provisions of this chapter for capital project purposes, authorized
  pursuant to the charter.