# School Sites Act 1849, Section 7: Interpretation clause.


Except in cases where there shall be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, words occurring in this Act and the above-recited Acts importing the singular number shall include the plural number, and words importing the plural number shall include the singular number; and words importing the masculine gender only shall include females; and the word “land” shall include messuages, houses, lands, tenements, hereditaments, and heritages, of every tenure; and the word “lease” shall include an under-lease, agreement for a lease, and missive of lease; and the word “owner” shall include any person or corporation enabled under the provisions of the Schools Sites Act 1841, to convey lands for the purposes thereof.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/12-13/49/section/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/school-sites-act-1849/section-7
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