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Explanation of terms.
Half barony.
“County.”
“Assizes,” &c.
Number and gender.
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3. In the construction of this Act every half barony shall be considered and deemed a barony; and wherever the word “county” shall occur, the same shall be deemed and taken to include and import any county at large, or county of a city, or county of a town and city, or city or town and county; and wherever the word “assizes” shall occur in this Act, it shall be deemed and taken to include and import “presenting term”; and whenever in this Act any authority is given to, or any duty is directed to be performed by, any judge of assize, such authority shall be understood as given to, and such duty as directed to be performed by, the justices of the King’s Bench in Dublin in any presenting term; and every word importing the singular number shall extend and be applied to several persons, animals, or things, as well as to one person, animal, or thing; and every word importing the masculine gender shall extend and be applied to a female as well as to a male; unless the contrary thereof shall be expressed, or that any such construction as aforesaid shall be inconsistent with or repugnant to the context.
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