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    §  5-430  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 held in a county within the judicial district in  which  the  real
  property involved in any proceeding under this subchapter is situated.
    2.  "Days":  Calendar  days,  exclusive  of  Sundays  and  full  legal
  holidays.
    3. "Owner": A person having an estate, interest or easement  or  lien,
  charge or encumbrance on any real property affected by proceedings under
  this subchapter.
    4.  "Street":  Includes the surface, subsurface and air space over any
  street,  avenue,  road,  alley,  lane,  highway,  boulevard,  concourse,
  parkway,  driveway, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, boardwalk, viaduct and
  every class of road, square and place, or part thereof, but only such as
  are public, and does not include  marginal  street  or  wharf  or  state
  arterial  highways except those sections of such state arterial highways
  enumerated in section 5-432.
    5. "Real property": Includes all  surface  and  subsurface  structures
  within  closed streets and all easements and hereditaments, corporeal or
  incorporeal, and every estate, interest and right, legal and  equitable,
  in  lands,  and every right, interest, privilege, easement and franchise
  relating to the same, including terms for years  and  liens  by  way  of
  judgment, mortgage or otherwise.
    6. "Capital project proceeding": A condemnation proceeding pursuant to
  the   provisions  of  this  subchapter  for  capital  project  purposes,
  authorized pursuant to chapter nine of the charter.