§ 2. Definitions. 1. Lienor. The term "lienor," when used in this\nchapter, means any person having a lien upon property by virtue of its\nprovisions, and includes his successor in interest.\n 2. Real property. The term "real property," when used in this chapter,\nincludes real estate, lands, tenements and hereditaments, corporeal and\nincorporeal, fixtures, and all bridges and trestle work, and structures\nconnected therewith, erected for the use of railroads, and all oil or\ngas wells and structures and fixtures connected therewith, and any lease\nof oil lands or other right to operate for the production of oil or gas\nupon such lands, and the right of franchise granted by a public\ncorporation for the use of the streets or public places thereof, and all\nstructures placed thereon for the use of such right or franchise.\n 3. Owner. The term "owner," when used in this chapter, includes the\nowner in fee of real property, or of a less estate therein, a lessee for\na term of years, a vendee in possession under a contract for the\npurchase of such real property, and all persons having any right, title\nor interest in such real property, which may be sold under an execution\nin pursuance of the provisions of statutes relating to the enforcement\nof liens of judgment, and all persons having any right or franchise\ngranted by a public corporation to use the streets and public places\nthereof, and any right, title or interest in and to such franchise. The\npurchaser of real property at a statutory or judicial sale shall be\ndeemed the owner thereof from the time of such sale. If the purchaser at\nsuch sale fails to complete the purchase, pursuant to the terms of the\nsale, all liens created by his consent after such sale shall be a lien\non any deposit made by him and not on the real property sold.\n 4. Improvement. The term "improvement," when used in this chapter,\nincludes the demolition, erection, alteration or repair of any structure\nupon, connected with, or beneath the surface of, any real property and\nany work done upon such property or materials furnished for its\npermanent improvement, and shall also include any work done or materials\nfurnished in equipping any such structure with any chandeliers, brackets\nor other fixtures or apparatus for supplying gas or electric light and\nshall also include the drawing by any architect or engineer or surveyor,\nof any plans or specifications or survey, which are prepared for or used\nin connection with such improvement and shall also include the value of\nmaterials actually manufactured for but not delivered to the real\nproperty, and shall also include the reasonable rental value for the\nperiod of actual use of machinery, tools and equipment and the value of\ncompressed gases furnished for welding or cutting in connection with the\ndemolition, erection, alteration or repair of any real property, and the\nvalue of fuel and lubricants consumed by machinery operating on the\nimprovement, or by motor vehicles owned, operated or controlled by the\nowner, or a contractor or subcontractor while engaged exclusively in the\ntransportation of materials to or from the improvement for the purposes\nthereof and shall also include the performance of real estate brokerage\nservices in obtaining a lessee for a term of more than three years of\nall or any part of real property to be used for other than residential\npurposes pursuant to a written contract of brokerage employment or\ncompensation.\n 5. Cost of improvement. The term "cost of improvement," when used in\nthis chapter, means expenditures incurred by the owner in paying the\nclaims of a contractor, an architect, engineer or surveyor, a\nsubcontractor, laborer and materialman, arising out of the improvement,\nand in paying the amount of taxes based on payrolls including such\npersons and withheld or required to be withheld and taxes based on the\npurchase price or value of materials or equipment required to be\ninstalled or furnished
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