{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-companies-act-1867/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-companies-act-1867/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/30-31/127",
  "legislation_title": "Railway Companies Act 1867",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railway-companies-act-1867",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation of terms.",
  "text": "In this Act—\nThe term “company” means a railway company; that is to say, a company constituted by Act of Parliament, or by certificate under Act of Parliament, for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, or working a railway (either alone or in conjunction with any other purpose):\nThe term “action” includes suit or other proceeding:\nThe term “judgment” includes decree, order, or rule:\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nThe term “person” includes corporation:\nThe term “Court of Chancery” or “Court” means the High Court in England or Ireland, as the case requires:\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925 (c. 49), ss. 18, 224(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/30-31/127/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:58:51.914992+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."
}