2006 New York Code - Definitions Of Terms As Used In Certain Sections

 
    § 5-101. Definitions of terms as used in certain sections. 1.  As used
  in  sections  5-331,  5-703  and  5-1115, the term "conveyance" includes
  every instrument, in writing, except a will,  by  which  any  estate  or
  interest   in   real  property  is  created,  transferred,  assigned  or
  surrendered.
    2. As used in sections 5-703, 5-1111 and 5-1115,  the  terms  "estate"
  and  "interest in real property" include every such estate and interest,
  freehold or chattel, legal or equitable, present or  future,  vested  or
  contingent.
    3. As used in sections 5-321, 5-323, 5-331, 5-703 and 5-1115, the term
  "real  property"  is  co-extensive  in meaning with lands, tenements and
  hereditaments.