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COMMISSIONERS CLAUSES ACT 1847 - SECT 3 

Intepretations in this and the special Act:

3. The following words and expressions both in this and the special Act, and
any Act incorporated therewith, shall have the several meanings hereby
assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or the context
repugnant to such construction; (that is to say,)Words importing the singular
number only shall include the plural number, and words importing the plural
number only shall include the singular number:Words importing the masculine
gender only shall include females:The word "person" shall include a
corporation, whether aggregate or sole:The word "lands" shall extend to
messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, or heritages, of any
tenure:The word "month" shall mean calendar month:The expression "superior
courts," where the matter submitted to the cognizance of the court arises in
... Ireland, shall mean Her Majesty's superior courts of record at ...
[Belfast] ...:The word "oath" shall include affirmation in the case of
Quakers, and any declaration lawfully substituted for an oath in the case of
any other persons allowed by law to make a declaration instead of taking an
oath:

Definition rep. by SLR 1980The word "justice" shall mean justice of the peace
acting for the place where the matter requiring the cognizance of any such
justice arises; ...:

Definition rep. by SLR 1980The expression "the clerk" shall mean the clerk of
the commissioners, and shall include the word "secretary":The expression "the
town" shall mean the town or district named in the special Act within which
the powers of the commissioners are to be exercised.

And with respect to citing this Act or any part thereof:

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