# Poaching Prevention Act 1862, Section 1: Interpretation of terms.

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

The word “game” in this Act shall for all the purposes of this Act be deemed to include any one or more hares, pheasants, partridges, eggs of pheasants and partridges, woodcocks, snipes, rabbits, grouse, black or moor game, and eggs of grouse, black or moor game; and the words “justice” and “justices” in this Act shall, unless otherwise provided for, mean respectively a justice and justices of the peace, respectively of or for the county, riding, division, liberty, city, borough, or place in which any game, gun, part of gun, net, snare, or engine after mentionedor other article to which section two of this Act applies shall be found.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/25-26/114/section/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/poaching-prevention-act-1862/section-1
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