Except in cases where there shall be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, words occurring in this Act and the above-recited Acts importing the singular number shall include the plural number, and words importing the plural number shall include the singular number; and words importing the masculine gender only shall include females; and the word “land” shall include messuages, houses, lands, tenements, hereditaments, and heritages, of every tenure; and the word “lease” shall include an under-lease, agreement for a lease, and missive of lease; and the word “owner” shall include any person or corporation enabled under the provisions of the M1Schools Sites Act 1841, to convey lands for the purposes thereof.
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