# Metropolitan Commons Act 1866, Section 3: Interpretation of terms.


In this Act—
The term “common” means land subject at the passing of this Act to any right of common, and any land subject to be included under the provisions of the Inclosure Act 1845; the term “commoner” means a person having any such right of common; the term “manor” includes reputed manor; and those terms as used in this Act respectively refer to any particular common to which this Act applies, and to every person having a right of common in, over, or affecting that common, and to the manor of the wastes whereof that common is part:
The term “the Commissioners” means the Inclosure Commissioners for England and Wales, and the term “assistant commissioner” means the assistant commissioner appointed by the Inclosure Commissioners.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/29-30/122/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-commons-act-1866/section-3
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