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Small Debts Act 1845

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XXIVInterpretation of Terms in the Act.

And be it enacted, That in the Construction of this Act the Word " Judge " shall be construed to include every Person, being either a Barrister at Law or a Special Pleader, or an Attorney of one of Her Majesty's Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster who shall have practised as an Attorney for at least Ten Years in one of Her Majesty's Superior Courts of Common Law at Westminster, who, according to the Constitution of the Court, presides in any such Court as aforesaid, or acts as Judge or Assessor therein, whether by the Title of Judge, or Barrister, or County Clerk, Assessor, or Steward or Deputy Steward, or by any other Style or Title whatsoever; and the Word " Person " shall include a Body Corporate ; and every Word importing the Singular Number or Masculine Gender shall include also several Persons or Things, and Females as well as Males, unless the Context shall require another Construction.

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