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Interpretation of Act.
5 & 6 Vict. c. 96.
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156. In the construction of this Act the words “county” of “Dublin, and any barony thereof,” shall be construed with reference to and as the boundaries thereof are defined in an Act passed in the fifth and sixth year of her Majesty’s reign, intituled “An Act to alter the number and define the boundaries of the several baronies in the county of Dublin”; and every half barony shall be considered and deemed a barony; and the word “park” or “house” to include and be construed to mean a court-yard, garden, or orchard; and the words “stipendiary magistrate” shall include a justice or magistrate of police; and the word “petty sessions” shall be deemed or taken to include a police divisional office; 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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