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Construction of Act.
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III. And be it enacted, That in the Construction and for the Purposes of this Act, unless there be something in the Subject or Context repugnant to such Construction, the Word “Lands” shall extend to all Freehold Tenements and Hereditaments, whether corporeal or incorporeal, and to all such Customary Land as will pass by Deed, or Deed and Admittance, and not by Surrender, or any undivided Part or Share thereof respectively; and every Word importing the Singular Number only shall extend and be applied to several Persons or Things as well as one Person or Thing; and every Word importing the Masculine Gender only shall extend and be applied to a Female as well as a Male.
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