| 1849 - 272 strani
...context or subject matter in which such words or expressions occur ; (that is to say,) •• Number :" Words importing the singular number shall include...the plural number shall include the singular number : "Genden" Words importing the mascular gender shall include females : •• Person i" The word "Person"... | |
| 1771 - 592 strani
...assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction : — Words importing the singular number shall include...the masculine gender shall include females. The word "invention" shall include an improvement. The word " manufacture " shall be deemed to include any art,... | |
| 1771 - 568 strani
...to them, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction. Number. Words importing the singular number shall include...the plural number shall include the singular number. Gender. Words importing the masculine gender shall include females. " Invention." The words "invention"... | |
| 1850 - 702 strani
...to them, unless such meanings be repugnant to or inconsistent with the context ; (that is to say,) Words importing the singular number shall include...singular number: Words importing the masculine gender only shall include females: Words importing individuals shall include corporations : The word " lands"... | |
| 1843 - 886 strani
...unless there is something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction ; (that is to say) Words importing the singular number shall include...the plural number shall include the singular number ; The word " month" shall mean calendar month ; The expression " superior courts" shall mean her Majesty's... | |
| 1854 - 630 strani
...police district, shall be construed to mean the divisional magistrates of the said police district ; the word " person," and words applying to any person...individual, shall apply to and include corporations ; the word " householder " shall mean a male occupier of a dwelling-house, or of any lands, tenements,... | |
| 1856 - 532 strani
..." premises shall include lands, buildings, or places open, covered, or inclosed, public or private; the word " person," and words applying to any person or individual, shall apply to and include women, corporations, statutory boards, joint-stock companies, and partnerships ; the expression " author... | |
| 1845 - 922 strani
...happen: or case arises, and shall include the sheriff substitutes of such sheriffs ; that the singular shall include the plural number, and words importing the plural number shall include the singular ; and words importing the masculine gender shall include females. IL That nothing herein contained... | |
| 1846 - 618 strani
...unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, that is to say : — Words importing the singular number shall include...importing the masculine gender shall include females. Words, landowner and landlord, shall extend to all bodies politic, corporate, or collegiate, and also... | |
| Great Britain - 1842 - 1294 strani
...unless there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction ; (that is to say,) Words importing the Singular Number shall include...Masculine Gender shall include Females : The Word " Person " shall be taken to include Corporation. XCV. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended or repealed... | |
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