LUNACY REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1871 - SECT 2 Interpretation.

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LUNACY REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1871 - SECT 2

Interpretation.

2. In this Act, unless there be something in the subject matter or contents
repugnant to the construction

["the High Court" means Her Majesty's High Court of Justice in Northern
Ireland;

"the Supreme Court" means the Supreme Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland;

"the master" means the Master (Care and Protection);]

Definition rep. by 1978 c.23 s.122(2) sch.7 Pt.I

["legal visitors" and "medical visitors" mean respectively the legal visitors
and the medical visitors appointed by the Lord Chief Justice under section 28
of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978;

"the Official Solicitor" means the Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court of
Judicature of Northern Ireland appointed under section 75 of the Judicature
(Northern Ireland) Act 1978;

"rules of court" means rules made under section 55 of the Judicature (Northern
Ireland) Act 1978.]

And the word "land" shall be construed to comprehend any manor, messuage,
tenement, hereditament, or real property of whatsoever tenure, and also
property of every description transferable otherwise than in books kept by any
company or society, or any share thereof or charge thereon, or estate or
interest therein:

And the word "stock" shall be construed to comprehend any fund, annuity, or
security transferable in books kept by any company or society, or any money
payable for the discharge or redemption thereof, or any share or interest
therein:

And the word "dividends" shall be construed to comprehend interest or other
annual produce:

And the provisions relating to "the Bank of Ireland," ... shall be construed
to extend and be applicable to every other company or society established or
to be established:

And the word "conveyance" shall be construed to comprehend any release,
surrender, assignment, or other assurance, including all acts, deeds, and
things necessary for making and perfecting the same:

And the word "transfer" shall be construed to comprehend any assignment,
payment, or other disposition:

And the word "lunatic" shall be construed to mean any person found by
inquisition idiot, lunatic, or of unsound mind, and incapable of managing
himself or his affairs:

And the words "alleged lunatic" shall be construed to mean any person stated
to be or treated as if he were a lunatic, or any person as to the fact of
whose lunacy [the High Court] shall think fit that inquiry should be had:

And the words "person of weak mind" shall be construed to mean any person from
any temporary cause or sickness affecting his mental capacity incapable of
managing himself or his affairs:

And an expression "next of kin" shall be construed to refer to the next of kin
of a lunatic, and to comprehend his heir or heirs-at-law, and also the person
or persons who would be entitled to his estate, or to shares thereof, under
the statutes for the distribution of the effects of intestates, in case he
were dead intestate:

And the word "person" or "party" shall be construed to comprehend a body
corporate.

S.3 rep. by SLR 1893 (No.2). S.4 rep. by 1932 c.15 (NI) ss.31(2), 72 sch.3.
S.5 rep. by SLR 1883; 1961 c.15 (NI) s.116(2) sch.7

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LUNACY REGULATION (IRELAND) ACT 1871 - SECT 2