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Vestries Act 1831(repealed 1.6.1992)

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Point in time view as at 01/02/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Vestries Act 1831(repealed 1.6.1992), Section 41. Help about Changes to Legislation

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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