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In every case where any tithes or rent-charge shall have been or shall hereafter be released, assigned, or otherwise conveyed or disposed of under the provisions of the said Acts, or any of them, or of this Act, for merging or extinguishing the same, the lands in which such merger or extinguishment shall take effect shall be subject to any charge, incumbrance, or liability which lawfully existed on such tithes or rent-charge, previous to such merger to, the extent of the value of such tithes or rent-charge; and any such charge, incumbrance, or liability shall have priority over any charge or incumbrance existing on such lands at the time of such merger taking effect; and such lands, and the owners thereof for the time being, shall be liable to the same remedies for the recovery of any payment and the performance of any duty in respect of such charge, incumbrance, or liability, or of any penalty or damages for nonpayment or non performance thereof respectively, as the said tithes or rent-charge, or the owner thereof for the time being, were or was liable to previous to such merger.
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F1Whole Act except ss. 1, 37 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Grp.2.
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F2Whole Act except ss. 1, 37 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Grp.2.
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F3Whole Act except ss. 1, 37 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Grp.2.
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F4Whole Act except ss. 1, 37 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Grp.2.
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F5Whole Act except ss. 1, 37 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Grp.2.
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F6Ss. 7, 19, 20 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)
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F9Whole Act except ss. 1, 37 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Grp.2.
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F11Whole Act except ss. 1, 37 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Grp.2.
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F12Ss. 7, 19, 20 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)
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F15Whole Act except ss. 1, 37 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Grp.2.
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F17Whole Act except ss. 1, 37 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Grp.2.
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F21Whole Act except ss. 1, 37 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Grp.2.
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F22Whole Act except ss. 1, 37 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Grp.2.
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F23Whole Act except ss. 1, 37 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. II Grp.2.
This Act shall be taken to be a part of the first-recited Act for the commutation of tithes in England and Wales, and of the secondly-recited Act for amending the same, and of the said thirdly-recited Act to facilitate the merger of tithes; and that in the construction of this Act, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, the several words used in this Act shall have and bear the same interpretation as is given to such words respectively in the said recited Acts or either of them; and whenever a word importing the singular number or masculine gender only is used the same shall be understood to include and shall be applied to several persons or parties as well as one person or party, and females as well as males, and several matters or things as one matter or thing respectively, and the converse.
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