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Construction of Words.
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LII. In this Act, unless where the Context shows that the Words herein-after mentioned are used in a different or more restricted Sense, they shall be understood in manner herein-after mentioned; that is to say, the Word “Lands” shall extend to and include Messuages, Tenements, and corporeal or incorporeal Hereditaments, subject to any Manorial Rights, or any undivided Part or Share therein; the Word “Valuers” shall apply to and include a single Valuer, where authorized to act alone, or any Umpire to be appointed as herein mentioned, and also the Commissioners or the Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner proceeding upon or with any Valuation under this Act in Cases where such single Valuer, Umpire, Commissioner, or Assistant Commissioner respectively shall act in any such Valuation; the Word “Manor” shall, extend to such Portion or Portions of a Manor as the said Commissioners shall by any Order in Writing under their Hands and Seal direct to be considered as a Manor for the Purpose of effecting any Enfranchisement under this Act; the Word “Lord” shall extend to and include the Lord or Lords of any Manor, whether seised for Life or in Tail or in Fee Simple, and all Ecclesiastical Lords seised in right of the Church or otherwise, and Lords Farmers holding under them, and any Body Politic, Corporate, or Collegiate, and all Lords seised of any Manor, whether they have or have not an absolute Power of selling or disposing of the same; and the Word “Steward” shall extend to and include a Deputy Steward or Clerk acting as such for the Time being.
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