TOWNS IMPROVEMENT CLAUSES ACT 1847 - SECT 3 Interpretations in this and the special Act:

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TOWNS IMPROVEMENT CLAUSES ACT 1847 - SECT 3

Interpretations in this and the special Act:

3. The following words and expressions in both this and the special Act, and
any Act incorporated therewith, 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 shall
include the plural number, and words importing the plural number shall include
the singular number:Words importing the masculine gender shall include
females:The word "person" shall include a corporation, whether aggregate or
sole:The word "lands" shall include messuages, lands, tenements, and
hereditaments, of any tenure:The word "street" shall extend to and include any
road, square, court, alley, and thoroughfare, within the limits of the special
Act:The word "month" shall mean a calendar month:The expression "superior
courts" shall mean Her Majesty's superior courts of record at... [Belfast], as
the case may require...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:The word "county" shall include riding or other division of a county
having a separate commission of the peace, and shall also include county of a
city or county of a town:The word "justice" shall mean justice of the peace
acting for the place where the matter requiring the cognizance of any justice
arises; and where any matter is authorized or required to be done by
two justices, the expression "two justices" shall be understood to mean two or
more justices met and acting together:The expression "quarter sessions" shall
mean quarter sessions as defined in the special Act, and if such expression be
not there defined shall mean the court of general or quarter sessions of the
peace which shall be held in or at the place nearest to the district in which
the matter arises requiring the cognizance of any such court, and having
jurisdiction over such district:The word "owner," used with reference to any
lands or buildings in respect of which any work is required to be done, or any
rate to be paid, under this or the special Act shall mean the person for the
time being entitled to receive, or who, if such lands or buildings were let to
a tenant at rackrent, would be entitled to receive, the rackrent from the
occupier thereof:The word "cattle" shall include horses, asses, mules, sheep,
goats, and swine.

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

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TOWNS IMPROVEMENT CLAUSES ACT 1847 - SECT 3