law: Indian Forest Act, 1927
  2. Interpretation clause – 
  In this Act, unless there is anything
  
  repugnant in the subject or context, -
  (1) "cattle"
  
  includes elephants, camels, buffaloes, horses, mares, geldings, ponies, colts,
  
  fillies, mules, asses, pigs, rams, ewes, sheep, lambs, goats and kids;
  (2) "Forest-officer" means any
  
  person whom [***] the State Government or any
  
  office empowered by the State Government in this behalf, may appoint to carry
  
  out all or any of the purposes of this Act or to do anything required by this
  
  Act or any rule made thereunder to be done by a
  
  Forest-officer;
  (3) "forest-offence" means an
  
  offence punishable under this Act or under any rule made thereunder ;
  (4) "forest-produce" includes -
  (a) the following whether found in, or brought from, a forest or
  
  not, that is to say - timber, charcoal, caoutchouc ,
  
  catechu, wood-oil, resin, natural varnish, bark, lac ,
  
   mahua flowers, mahua seeds,(4) 
  
  and myrabolams , and
  (b) the following when found in, or brought from a forest, that
  
  is to say -
  ( i ) trees and leaves, flowers and
  
  fruits, and all other parts or produce not hereinbefore mentioned, of trees,
  (ii) plants not being trees (including grass, creepers, reeds
  
  and moss), and all parts or produce of such plants,
  (iii) wild animals and skins, tusks, horns,
  
  bones, silk, cocoons, honey and wax, and all other parts or produce of animals,
  
  and
  (iv) peat, surface soil, rock and minerals (including
  
  lime-stone, laterite , mineral oils, and all products
  
  of mines or quarries);
  
  
  (4A) "owner" includes a Court
  
  of Wards in respect of property under the superintendence or charge of such
  
  Court;]
  
  
  (5) "river" includes any stream,
  
  canal, creek or other channels, natural or artificial;
  (6) "timber" includes trees when they
  
  have fallen or have been felled, and all wood whether cut up or fashioned or
  
  hollowed out for any purpose or not; and
  (7) "tree" includes palms, bamboos,  skumps , brush-wood and canes.