Execution Act 1844

LXXIII Construction of the Act.

And be it enacted, That in construing this Act the Word " Property" shall mean and include all the Real and Personal Estate and Effects of the Petitioner within this Realm and abroad, (except the Wearing Apparel, and such other Articles of the Value in that Behalf aforesaid as may by this Act be excepted from the Operation of the said recited Act and this Act,) and all the future Estate, Right, Title, Interest, and Trust of such Petitioner in or to any Real or Personal Estate and Effects within this Realm or abroad which such Petitioner may purchase, or which may revert, descend, be devised or bequeathed, or come to him before he shall have obtained the Final Order, and all Debts due or to be due to such Petitioner before he shall have obtained such Final Order; and the Words " Oath " and " Affidavit " shall mean and include Affirmation, where by Law such Affirmation shall be required or may be taken in place of an Oath; and all Powers given to or Duties directed to be performed by the Lord Chancellor may be performed by the Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal; and the "Word " Judge," as applied to any Court for the Recovery of Small Debts, shall mean and include the County Clerk, Judge, Steward, and Assessor, or the Person holding or presiding in such Court; and every Word importing the Singular Number only shall extend and be applied to several Persons or Things as well as one Person or Thing, and Bodies Corporate as well as Individuals; and every Word importing the Plural Number shall extend and be applied to one Person or Thing as well as several Persons or Things ; and every Word importing the Masculine Gender only shall extend and be applied to a Female as well as a Male; (unless, in the Cases above specified, a different Construction shall be provided, or the Construction be repugnant to the Subject Matter or Context;) and the Provisions of the said recited Act and of this Act shall be construed by Analogy to the Law of Bankruptcy, except where otherwise therein respectively expressed, and in the most beneficial Manner for promoting the Ends intended by the said recited Act and by this Act.