(1) tenure-holders, including under-tenure-holders;
(2) Raiyat, namely :-
(a) occupancy-raiyats, that is to say, Raiyats having a right of occupancy in the land held by them,
(b) non-occupancy Raiyats, that is to say, Raiyats not having such a right of occupancy, and
(c) Raiyats having khunt-katti rights;
(3) under-raiyats, that is to say, tenants holding, whether immediately or mediately, under raiyats; and
(4) Mundari khunt-kattidars.
5. Meaning of a "tenure-holder" - "Tenure-holder" means primarily a person, who has acquired from the proprietor, or from another tenure-holder, a right to hold land for the purpose of collecting rents or bringing under cultivation by establishing tenants on it, and includes,-
(a) the successor-in-interest of persons, who have acquired such a right, and
(b) the holder of tenures entered in any register prepared and confirmed under the Chota Nagpur Tenures Act, 1869 (Ben. Act 2 of 1869), but does not include a Mundari khunt-kattidar.
6. Meaning of "Raiyat" - (1) "Raiyat" means primarily a person who has acquired a right to hold land tor the purpose of cultivating it by himself or by members of his family, or by hired servants or with the aid of partners; and includes the successor-in-interest of persons who have acquired such a right, but does not include a Mundari-khunt-kattidar.
Explanation. - Where a tenant of land has the right to bring it under cultivation, he shall be deemed to have acquired a right to hold it for the purpose of cultivation, notwithstanding that he uses it for the purpose of gathering the produce of it or of grazing cattle on it.
(2) A person shall not be deemed to be a Raiyat unless he holds land either immediately under a proprietor or immediately under a tenure-holder or immediately under a Mundari-khunt-kattidar.
(3) In determining whether a tenant is a tenure-holder or Raiyat, the Court shall have regard to,-
(a) local custom, and
(b) the purpose for which the right of tenancy was originally acquired.