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41 Meaning of terms used in this Act.U.K.
In this Act, the word “justice” shall be deemed to mean justice of the peace; and the words “person” and “party” shall be deemed to include any number of persons or parties; and the words “justices of the peace of the county or city” shall be deemed to include justices of the peace of any division of a county, liberty, division of a liberty, precinct, county of a city, county of a town, cinque port, or town corporate; and the word “parish” shall be deemed to include any liberty, precinct, township, hamlet tithing, vill, extra-parochial place, or any place maintaining its own poor; and the word “ratepayers” shall include “leypayers”; and the meaning of the several words in this Act shall not be restricted, although the same may be subsequently referred to in the singular number or masculine gender only.
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