RAILWAYS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION ACT 1845 - SECT 3 Interpretations in this and the special Act:

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RAILWAYS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION ACT 1845 - SECT 3

Interpretations in this and the special Act:

3. The following words and expressions, both in this and the special Act,
shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in
the subject or 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 also the singular number:Words
importing the masculine gender only shall include females:The word "lands"
shall include messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, of any
tenure:The word "lease" shall include an agreement for a lease:The word "toll"
shall include any rate or charge or other payment payable under the special
Act for any passenger, animal, carriage, goods, merchandise, articles,
matters, or things, conveyed on the railway:The word "goods" shall include
things of every kind conveyed upon the railway:The word "month" shall mean
calendar month:The expression "superior courts" shall mean Her Majesty's
superior courts of record at... [Belfast]...:The word "oath" shall include
affirmation in the case of Quakers, or other declaration lawfully substituted
for an oath in the case of any other person exempted by law from the necessity
of taking an oath:

Definitions rep. by 1969 c.30 (NI) s.132 sch.6; SR 1979/103; SLR 1980The word
"justice" shall mean justice of the peace acting for the ... place where the
matter requiring the cognizance of any such justice shall arise, and who shall
not be interested in the matter; and where such matter shall arise in respect
of lands, being the property of one and the same party, situate not wholly in
any one... place, shall mean a justice acting for the ... place where any part
of such lands shall be situate, and who shall not be interested in such
matter; and where any matter shall be authorized or required to be done by
two justices, the expression "two justices" shall be understood to mean
two justices assembled and acting together:Where under the provisions of this
or the special Act any notice shall be required to be given to the owner of
any lands, or where any Act shall be authorized or required to be done with
the consent of any such owner, the word "owner" shall be understood to mean
any person or corporation who, under the provisions of this or the special Act
or any Act incorporated therewith, would be enabled to sell and convey lands
to the company:The expression "the company" shall mean the company or party
which shall be authorized by the special Act to construct the railway:The
expression "the railway" shall mean the railway and works by the special Act
authorized to be constructed:

Definition rep. by SLR 1891The expression "the Bank" shall mean... the Bank of
Ireland where the same shall relate to monies to be paid or deposited in
respect of lands situate in Ireland:The expression "turnpike road" shall, when
applied to any road in Ireland, include any road upon which Her Majesty's
mails are or shall be carried in mail carriages, or such other roads as the
commissioners of public works in Ireland shall consider to require arches of
greater width or height than by this Act is required for public carriage
roads:The expression "surveyor," applied to a road or highway, shall as to
railways in Ireland, include the county surveyor:

Definition rep. by SLR (NI) 1954

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RAILWAYS CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION ACT 1845 - SECT 3