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Definitions.
13 & 14 Vict. c. xxxiii.
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17. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
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The expression “British possession” does not include the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, but includes all other territories and places forming part of Her Majesty's dominions:
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The expression “parcel” means all such postal packets as by the regulations of the Treasury made in pursuance of the Post Office Acts are defined to be parcels:
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The expression “inland parcels” means parcels posted within the United Kingdom and addressed to some place in the United Kingdom:
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The expression “foreign parcels” means parcels either posted in the United Kingdom and sent to a place out of the United Kingdom, or posted in a place out of the United Kingdom and sent to a place in the United Kingdom, or in transit through the United Kingdom to a place out of the United Kingdom:
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The expression “railway company” means any person or body of persons corporate or unincorporate working a railway:
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The expression “London Railway Clearing Committee” means the Clearing Committee mentioned in the Railway Clearing Act, 1850.
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