law: Transfer of Property Act, 1882
  5. Transfer of property defined
  In the following sections "transfer of property" means
  
  an act by which a living person conveys property, in present or in future, to
  
  one or more other living persons, or to himself and one or more other living
  
  persons; and "to transfer property" is to perform such act.
  In this section "living person includes a company or
  
  association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not, but nothing
  
  herein contained shall affect any law for the time being in force relating to
  
  transfer of property to or by companies, associations or bodies of individuals.