As used in this chapter:
1. “Conveyance” shall be construed to embrace every instrument in writing, except a last will and testament, whatever may be its form, and by whatever name it may be known in law, by which any estate or interest in lands is created, aliened, assigned or surrendered.
2. “Estate and interest in lands” shall be construed and embrace every estate and interest, present and future, vested and contingent, in lands as defined in subsection 3.
3. “Lands” shall be construed as coextensive in meaning with lands, tenements and hereditaments, and shall include in its meaning all possessory right to the soil for mining and other purposes.
[74:9:1861; B § 302; BH § 2643; C § 2713; RL § 1088; NCL § 1545] + [75:9:1861; B § 303; BH § 2644; C § 2714; RL § 1089; NCL § 1546]