Whenever the following terms are used anywhere within
the Code of the Village of Lynbrook, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise or another definition is provided therein, such terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
COUNTY
The County of Nassau in the State of New York.
KEEPER and PROPRIETOR
Includes persons, firms, associations, corporations, clubs
and partnerships, whether acting by themselves or a servant, agent
or employee.
MAYOR
The Mayor of the Village of Lynbrook.
OATH
Includes an affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an
affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the
words "swear" and "sworn" shall be equivalent to the words "affirm"
and "affirmed."
OWNER
Applied to a building or land, includes any part owner, joint
owner, tenant in common, tenant in partnership, joint tenant or tenant
by the entirety, of the whole or of a part of such building or land.
PERSON
Includes associations, clubs, societies, firms, partnerships
and bodies politic and corporate as well as individuals.
PERSONAL PROPERTY
Includes every species of property except real property,
as herein described.
PROPERTY
Includes real and personal property.
PUBLIC PLACE
Any park, cemetery, school yard or open space adjacent thereto,
and all streets and parking fields.
RESIDENCE
The place adopted by a person as his place of habitation,
and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning.
When a person eats at one place and sleeps at another, the place where
such person sleeps shall be deemed his "residence."
SEAL
The village or corporate seal.
SIDEWALK
Any portion of a street between the curbline and the adjacent
property line, intended for the use of pedestrians, excluding parkways.
STATE
The State of New York.
STREET
Streets, avenues, boulevards, roads, alleys, lanes, viaducts
and all other public highways in the village.
TENANT and OCCUPANT
Applied to a building or land, includes any person holding
a written or oral lease or who occupies the whole or a part of such
buildings or lands, either alone or with others.
TRUSTEES
Any person elected to that office and shall include those
persons who hold other offices who are ex officio.
WRITTEN, IN WRITING
Includes any representation of words, letters or figures,
whether by printing or otherwise.