§ 34-2-131 — Tax deeds; definitions

(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Tax deed" means any conveyance executed by or on
behalf of the state, or any county, municipality, or other
taxing or assessment unit thereof, which conveys or purports to
convey real estate pursuant to any sale, foreclosure, forfeiture
or other proceeding to satisfy the lien or indebtedness of any
tax or special assessment;
(ii) "Former owner" means any person whose interest
or estate has been conveyed or purportedly conveyed, or
extinguished or purportedly extinguished, by execution of any
tax deed, and any other persons claiming by, through or under
him;
(iii) "Grantee" means the grantee named in any tax
deed, and any other persons claiming by, through or under him;
(iv) "Possession" refers to possession, and to the
extent of possession, as determined by the rules applicable in
determining the existence of adverse possession under a written
instrument constituting color of title, and includes possession
by tenant or agent.