# House of Lords Costs Taxation Act 1849(repealed), Section 14: Construction of certain words in this Act.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In the construction of this Act the word “month” shall be taken to mean a calendar month; and every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons, matters, or things, as well as one person, matter, or thing; and every word importing the plural number shall extend and be applied to one person, matter, or thing, as well as several persons, matters, or things; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male; and the word “person” shall extend to any body politic, corporate, or collegiate, municipal, civil, or ecclesiastical, aggregate or sole, as well as an individual; . . . unless in any of the cases aforesaid it be otherwise specially provided, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/12-13/78/section/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/house-of-lords-costs-taxation-act-1849repealed/section-14
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.