 | Building trades - 1849 - 272 pages
...context or subject matter in which such words or expressions occur ; (that is to say,) •• Number :" Words importing the singular number shall include...the plural number shall include the singular number : "Genden" Words importing the mascular gender shall include females : •• Person i" The word "Person"... | |
 | 1771 - 592 pages
...assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction : — Words importing the singular number shall include...singular number. Words importing the masculine gender shall include females. The word "invention" shall include an improvement. The word " manufacture "... | |
 | 1771 - 568 pages
...to them, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction. Number. Words importing the singular number shall include...the plural number shall include the singular number. Gender. Words importing the masculine gender shall include females. " Invention." The words "invention"... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1850 - 702 pages
...meanings hereby assigned to them, unless such meanings be repugnant to or incousistent with the context; (that is to say,) words importing the singular number...singular number; words importing the masculine gender shall include females : the word " person," and words applying to any person or individual, shall apply... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1851 - 670 pages
...several meanings herein assigned to them, unless such meaning shall be inconsistent with the context; that is to say, words importing the singular number...the plural number shall include the singular number ; the word " person" shall include corporation, whether sole or aggregate ; words importing the masculine... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1845 - 922 pages
...happen: or case arises, and shall include the sheriff substitutes of such sheriffs ; that the singular shall include the plural number, and words importing the plural number shall include the singular ; and words importing the masculine gender shall include females. IL That nothing herein contained... | |
 | Agriculture - 1846 - 618 pages
...enacted, That in this Act the following words and expressions shall have the several meanings hereby assigned to them unless there be something in the...singular number. Words importing the masculine gender shall include females. Words, landowner and landlord, shall extend to all bodies politic, corporate,... | |
 | Canada - Law - 1842 - 662 pages
...enacted, that in this Act the following words and expressions shall have the several meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the...singular number, words importing the masculine gender shall include females ; the word " Month," shall mean Calendar Month ; the expression " Superior Courts,"... | |
 | Great Britain - 1842 - 1294 pages
...enacted, That in this Act the following Words and Expressions shall have the several Meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the...Singular Number: Words importing the Masculine Gender shall include Females : The Word " Person " shall be taken to include Corporation. XCV. And be it enacted,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1842 - 770 pages
..."w be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction ; (that is to say,) N "rds importing the singular number shall include the plural...words importing the plural number shall include the angular number : Vord» importing the masculine gender shall include females : The word "person" shall... | |
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Act the following words and expressions shall have the several meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, that is to say : words importing the singular number shall include the... 
