National Debt Act, 1870

Interpretation.

3. In this Act—

Stock” means the several capital or joint stocks of perpetual annuities described in the first schedule to this Act, and includes any share or interest therein respectively :

Stockholder” means a person holding stock, being entered as proprietor thereof in the books of the Bank of England or Ireland :

Warrant” includes draft, order, cheque, or other document used as a medium for payment of dividends :

Accountant General” includes chief accountant :

The Consolidated Fund” means the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland :

The Court of Chancery” means the Court of Chancery in England or the Court of Chancery in Ireland, as the case requires :

Person” includes corporation :

Representatives” means executors, administrators, or successors, and assigns.