(g) an exercise of a power
under a contract or under a settlement, will or other instrument,
(h) an
assent or consent to, acquiescence in, or acknowledgment or waiver of, any
matter by a person affecting the person's rights or obligations under a
contract or relating to property,
(i) a release of any cause of action,
(j)
a grant of any leave or licence,
(k) an election in relation to rights under
a will or other instrument, or in relation to conversion as between realty and
personalty, or
(l) an act done:
(i) in relation to the formation,
(ii) in
relation to becoming or ceasing to be a member or officer, or
(iii) as a
member or officer:
of a partnership, or of an association, company or society,
whether a corporation or not,
(m) without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, any act relating to contractual or proprietary rights or
obligations or to any chose in action:
whether having effect at law or in
equity.
"Disposition of property" includes:
(a) a conveyance, transfer, assignment,
appointment, settlement, mortgage, delivery, payment, lease, bailment,
reconveyance or discharge of mortgage,
"Party" , in relation to a civil act, includes a person who does, makes,
accepts, suffers or joins in the civil act; and
"participate" and
"participant" have corresponding meanings.
"Property" includes real and personal property and any estate or interest in
property real or personal, and money, and any debt, and any cause of action
for damages (including damages for personal injury), and any other chose in
action, and any other right or interest.
(2) The making of a will, whether in
exercise of a power of appointment or otherwise, or the revocation of a will,
is not a civil act and is not a disposition of property for the purposes of
this Act.
(3) Where a person participates in a civil act while a minor and by
this Act the civil act is or becomes presumptively binding on the person:
(a)
the civil act is, at and after the time of the person's participation, as
binding on the person and the person's personal representative and has effect
as if the person were not under the disability of infancy at the time of the
person's participation, and
(b) except where other provision is made by this
Act, the civil act is binding and has effect as mentioned in paragraph (a) in
favour of all persons.
