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Omnibus, a vehicle for all. By the Town Police Clauses Act, 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 14), bye-laws, may be made under the Town Police Clauses Act, 1847 (see that title), for regulation of omnibuses, which term is defined bys. 3, and includes, for the purposes of the Act, char-a-bancs, wagonettes, brakes, stage-coaches, and other carriages plying or standing for hire by or used to carry passengers at separate fares. See, generally, London Passenger Transport Act, 1933 (23 Geo. 5, c. 14); Road Traffic Act, 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5, c. 50), ss. 24 et seq.

It means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted to carry more than six persons excluding the driver. [Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), s. 2(29)]

It means relating to or dealing with numerous objects or items at once; including many things or having various purposes, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1116.

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