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Interpretation of Terms in this Act.
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CXXXIII. And be it enacted, That in this Act the following Words and Expressions shall have the several Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction; (that is to say,)
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Words importing the Singular Number shall include the Plural Number, and Words importing the Plural Number shall include the Singular Number:
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Words importing the Masculine Gender only shall include Female:
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The Word “Month” shall include Calendar Month:
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The Word “Person” shall include Corporation, whether aggregate or sole:
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The Words “Superior Courts” shall mean Her Majesty‘s Superior Courts of Record at Dublin:
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The Words “General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace” shall mean General or Quarter Sessions for the Borough of Dublin:
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The Word “Justice” shall mean the Lord Mayor of Dublin for the Time being, and any Justice of the Peace acting in or for the Borough of Dublin:
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The Word “Oath” shall include Affirmation in the Case of Quakers, or other Declaration lawfully substituted for an Oath in the Case of any other Persons exempted by Law from the Necessity of taking an Oath:
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The Words “City of Dublin or Borough” shall mean the Borough of Dublin as enlarged and extended by the Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland, of any Act or Acts amending the same:
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The Words “Council and Town Council” shall mean the Corporation of the City or Borough of Dublin as established and defined by the said Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in Ireland, or any Act or Acts amending the same:
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The Words “Improvement Fund” shall mean and include all Monies which shall be received from or on account of the “Improvement Rate,” and all other Monies which may be received as Stallages, Rents, and Fees of Markets belonging to the Council under the Provisions of this Act:
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The Word “Street” shall include any Square, Street, Court Alley, Footpath, Footway, Highway, Lane, Road Thoroughfare, public Passage, or other Place within the Borough of Dublin:
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The Word “Court” shall mean any Street, not being Carriageway, and having the principal or only Entrance of any Dwelling House therein:
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The Word “Passage” shall mean any Alley, Way, or other Place, not being a Carriageway, not having the principal or only Entrance of any Dwelling House therein:
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The Word “Officer” shall mean a Person in the Receipt of a Salary, or of any Fees or Emoluments arising from an Office or Employment.
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