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Definition of Terms in this Act.
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CLIX. And be it enacted, That in the Construction of this Act (except where the Nature of the Provision or the Context of the Act shall exclude such Construction) the Word “Land” shall extend to all Arable, Pasture, or otherwise profitable, and to all waste uncultivated Land, whether Bog Land, Land periodically flooded or covered with Water, or otherwise wholly or partially unproductive, and shall also extend to Messuages, Tenements, Mills, Weirs, and other Hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal, and any Estate or Interest therein, and any undivided Part thereof, and any Charge or Incumbrance thereon; and the Word “River” shall extend to all Rivers, Lakes, Canals, Streams, and Estuaries; and the Words “Person or Persons,” and the Words “Proprietor or Proprietors,” shall extend to all Bodies Politic, Corporate, or Collegiate, and also all Bishops, Parsons, and other Ecclesiastical Persons, as to Lands held by them in those respective Characters, and to any Number of Persons associated together as a Company or Partnership; and the Expression “Chief Rent” shall extend to and include all Rent or Rents reserved upon or payable out of or in respect of the Estate or Interest of any Person being a Proprietor within the Meaning of this Act, or any Estate or Interest paramount thereto; and the Word “Counties” shall extend and be applied to all Counties, Counties of Cities, and Counties of Towns; and every Word importing the Singular Number only shall extend and be applied to several Persons or Things as well as one Person or Thing; and every Word importing the Plural Number shall extend and by applied to one Person or Thing as well as several Persons or Things; and every Word importing the Masculine Gender only shall extend and be applied to a Female as well as a Male.
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