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Interpretation of terms.
Commissioners.
Copyhold Acts.
Lord.
Tenant.
Rent.
Owner.
Admittance.
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49. In this Act and the Copyhold Acts, unless where the context shows that the words herein-after mentioned are used in a different sense, they shall be understood in manner herein-after mentioned, that is to say, the expression “the Commissioners” shall mean the Land Commissioners for England; the expression “the Copyhold Acts” shall extend to and include this Act; the word “lord” shall be interpreted as the same is interpreted in the Copyhold Act of 1841; the word “tenant” shall comprise all persons holding lands subject to any manorial right or incident; the word “rent” shall include all payments or renders in money, produce, kind, or labour, due or payable in respect of any land holden of or parcel of any manor; the word “owner” shall include every person entitled to hereditaments for any term of years originally granted for ninety-nine years or upwards, or for some greater estate; the words “admitting or enrolling,” “admittance or enrolment,” “admit or enroll” shall include an express admittance or enrolment of a tenant and every licence of any assurance, and every ceremony, act, and assent whereby the tenancy or holding of any such tenant is perfected; and generally words interpreted in the earlier Copyhold Acts shall receive the same interpretation in this Act save where a contrary intention appears.
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