Defence Act 1842

XXXVStyle to be adopted in Deeds, &c.

And be it enacted, That in all Contracts of every Description, and in all Conveyances, Surrenders, Leases, and other Deeds and Instruments whatsoever relating to the public Service, which from and after the passing of this Act shall or may be made or entered into by, to, or with the principal Officers of the Ordnance for the Time being, or any Two or more of them, or whereunto they or any Two or more of them shall or may be Parties, it shall be sufficient to call or describe the said principal Officers by the Style or Title of " The principal Officers of Her Majesty's Ordnance," without naming them or any of them; and that all such Contracts, Conveyances, Surrenders, Leases, and other Deeds and Instruments wherein the said principal Officers shall be called or described by their Style or Title as aforesaid, and the Execution thereof respectively by the said principal Officers, or any Two or more of them, shall be as valid and effectual, and shall have the like Force and Operation, to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever, as if the said principal Officers, or any Two or more of them, had been particularly named and described therein.