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The following words and expressions both in this and the special Act shall have the several meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or the 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 the singular number:
Words importing the masculine gender only shall include females:
The word “lands” shall extend to messuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, of any tenure:
The word “lease” shall include an agreement for a lease:
The word “month” shall mean calendar month:
The expression “superior courts” shall mean her Majesty’s superior courts of record at [F1the Royal Courts of Justice] or [F2Belfast], as the case may require:
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[F5The word “justice” shall mean justice of the peace [F6acting for the F7. . . place where the matter requiring the cognizance of any such justice shall arise, and] who shall not be interested in the 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 in petty sessions:]
The expression “the company” shall mean the company constituted by the special Act:
The expression “the directors” shall mean the directors of the company, and shall include all persons having the direction of the undertaking, whether under the name of directors, managers, committee of management, or under any other name:
The word “
” shall mean shareholder, proprietor, or member of the company; and in referring to any such shareholder, expressions properly applicable to a person shall be held to apply to a corporation: AndThe expression “secretary” shall mean the secretary of the company, and shall include the word “clerk.”
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), s. 224(1)
F2Word substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. 1921/1804 (Rev. XVI, p. 967: 1921, p. 422), art. 7(b)
F3Definition repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c. 19), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VIII
F4S. 3 definition of "county" repealed (N.I.) by Statute Law Revision (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 59), s. 1, Sch. Pt. I; definition of "county" wholly repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIV Group 1
F5Words in s. 3 repealed (E.W.) (1.4.2005) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 110(1), Sch. 8 para. 15, Sch. 10; S.I. 2005/910, art. 3(y)
F6Words in s. 3 repealed (N.I.) (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9), s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 8(1), Sch. 9 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k)(m) (with art. 3)
F7Words in s. 3 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIV Group1
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