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Interpretation of Terms.
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XV. In the Construction of this Act the Word “Lands” shall include Messuages, Tenements, and Hereditaments of every Tenure, whether corporeal or incorporeal; the Expression “perpetual Interest” shall comprehend, in addition to any greater Interest, any Lease or Grant for One or more than One Life, with or without a Term of Years, or for Years, whether absolute or determinable on the dropping of One or more than One Life, with a Covenant or Agreement by a Party competent thereto, in any of such Cases, whether contained in the Instrument by which such Lease or Contract is made or in any separate Instrument, for the perpetual Renewal of such Lease or Grant; the Word “entitled” shall mean entitled either legally or equitably; the Word “Settlement” shall include every Assurance or connected Set or Series of Assurances, whether by Deed, Will, Private Act of Parliament, or otherwise, by which Lands are or shall be limited in a Course of Settlement, or agreed so to be; the Word “Building” shall include the Land upon which such Building shall be built, together with all Enclosures, Yards, Curtilages, and Appurtenances held therewith or appertaining thereto; the Word “Lord Lieutenant” shall be held to mean the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland or other Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being.
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