Land, Soil, Sub-soil

Land meaning:

 Meaning of ‘land’ and cognate terms.

Prima facie ‘land’ or ‘lands’ includes everything on or under the surface, although this meaning has in some cases been held to have been restricted by the context. ‘Soil’ is apt to denote the surface and everything above and below it, but similarly its meaning may be restricted by the context so as to exclude the mines. ‘Subsoil’ includes everything from the surface to the centre of the earth…….

(Halsbury’s Laws of England)