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  "legislation": "uksi/1992/272",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Judicial Factors Rules) 1992",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Rules unless the context otherwise requires—\n“the 1849 Act” means the Judicial Factors Act 1849;\n“the 1880 Act” means the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1880;\n“the 1889 Act” means the Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 1889;\n“Accountant” means the Accountant of Court;\n“factor” includes a curator bonis, a factor loco absentis, a factor on trust or other estates and a guardian where caution is required.\n(2) Any reference in these Rules to a numbered form shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the form so numbered in the Schedule to these Rules or a form substantially to the same effect, with such variation as circumstances may require.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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