The Hull, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and northern and midland counties almanack and diary, by J.D. Sollitt |
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Page 26 - That the words and expressions hereinafter mentioned, which in their ordinary signification have a more confined or a different meaning, shall in this Act, except where the nature of the provision or the context of the Act shall exclude such construction, be interpreted as follows; (that is to say), the word "will...
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