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Interpretation Act, 1889 (English)
(English) (52 & 53 Vict. c. 63). A most important statute, repealing and re-enacting Lord Brougham's Act of 1850 (13 Vict. c. 21), 'for shortening the language used in Acts of Parliament' and other similar Acts, and
Masculine
Masculine. Statutes passed prior to 1850 frequently declared that words in them which import the masculine gender shall be deemed to include females, unless
Peto's Act
Peto's Act, the (English) Trustee Appointment Act, 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 28), whereby property conveyed for religious or educational purposes vests in the trustees
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Liberty
situate upon petition of the justices of the liberty or of the Courts, under the (English) Liberties Act, 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 105), of which statute, it is believed, but little advantage was taken. As
Local and Personal Acts
By the Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 9, re-enacting 13 & 14 Vict. c. 21, every statute made after 1850 is to be taken to be a public one, and judicially noticed as such, unless the contrary be
Manchester
& 24 Vict. c. 69; 31 & 32 Vict. c. 114, s. 15. The 'Manchester Parish Division Act, 1850,' is 13 & 14 Vict. c. 41.
Month
The calendar month is also called usual, natural, civil, political. In an Act of Parliament (English), passed after 1850, the word 'month,' which was formerly taken to mean a lunar month, unless calendar month was specified, means
Oath
for all purposes. The (English) Interpretation Act, 1889, by s. 3 enacts that in every Act passed after 1850-- The expression 'oath' and 'affidavit' shall, in the case of persons for the time being allowed by law
Office
Office, an employment, either judicial, municipal (see CORPORATE OFFICE), civil, military, or ecclesiastical. As to obtaining offices by desert only, the repealed 12 Ric. 2, c. 2, enacted that-- The Chancellor, Treasurer, . . . the...
Repeal
Act, 1889, re-enacting s. 5 of Lord Brougham's Act (13 Vict. c. 21), where an Act passed after 1850 repeals a repealing enactment, it does not revive any enactment previously repealed. And by s. 38 of the
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