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HOUSE OF COMMONS COSTS TAXATION ACT 1847 - SECT 10

Construction of certain words in this Act.

10. In the construction of this Act the word "month" shall be taken to mean a
calendar month; and every word importing the singular number only shall extend
and be applied to several persons, matters, or things, as well as one person,
matter, or thing; and every word importing the plural number shall extend and
be applied to one person, matter, or thing, as well as several persons,
matters, or things; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall
extend and be applied to a female as well as a male; and the word "person"
shall extend to any body politic, corporate, or collegiate, municipal, civil,
or ecclesiastical, aggregate or sole, as well as an individual; and 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 person allowed by
law to make a declaration instead of taking an oath; unless in any of the
cases aforesaid it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in
the subject or context repugnant to such construction.

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