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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/great-seal-act-1884/section-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/47-48/30",
  "legislation_title": "Great Seal Act 1884",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/great-seal-act-1884",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Definitions.",
  "text": "In this Act—\nThe expression “Lord Chancellor” means the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and, if there is a Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, this Act shall apply as if such Lord Keeper or Lords Commissioners were substituted for the Lord Chancellor, and a warrant may be countersigned by any two of such Lords Commissioners.\nThe expression “instrument” in this Act includes any letters patent, letters close, writ, commission and grant, and any document requiring to be passed under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/47-48/30/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:39:27.237574+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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