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Interpretation of terms.
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5. In the construction and for the purposes of this Act, and the schedules hereto annexed, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, the word “lands” shall extend to all tenements and hereditaments of freehold tenure, and to such customary lands as will pass by deed or deed and surrender, and not by surrender alone, or any undivided part or share therein respectively; and every wore importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as one person or thing, and the converse; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male and the word “party” shall mean and include any body politic or corporate or collegiate, as well as an individual.
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