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TOWN POLICE 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, or public passage, within the
limits of the special Act: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, 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 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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