# Places of Worship (Enfranchisement) Act 1920, Section 5: Definitions.


In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
The expression “place of worship” means any church, chapel, or other building used for public religious worship, and includes a burial ground, Sunday or Sabbath school or caretaker’s house attached to or used in connexion with and held upon the same trusts as a place of worship;
The expression “freehold reversion” means the estate of fee simple in the premises subject to the lease held by the trustees and any lease superior thereto;
The expression “intermediate reversion” means any leasehold interest in the land (whether under a lease or underlease or under an agreement for a lease or underlease) superior to the lease held by the trustees;
The expression “trustees” means the persons in whom the leasehold premises are for the time being vested for the purposes of a place of worship or minister’s house under any trust whether express or implied and includes their predecessors in title.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/10-11/56/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/places-of-worship-enfranchisement-act-1920/section-5
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