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Eastmeon (Hampshire) Inclosure Act 1844

Great Britian Parliament

[7 & 8 V. c. 87] An Act to Amend the Law for Regulating Places Kept for Slaughtering Horses

[1844-Aug-09] " An Act to Amend the Law for Regulating Places Kept for Slaughtering Horses, The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 7 & 8 Victoria 1844 (London, 1844; Google Books: Online Library of Free eBooks) 478-80.

III. [Persons wantonly or cruelly ill-treating any Horse liable to Penalty] And be it enacted, That if any such licensed or other Person shall wantonly or cruelly beat, ill-treat, abuse, wound, or torture any Horse or other Cattle in any House, Pound, Stable, or other Place in the Occupation or Use of such licensed Person, every such person shall for every such Offence, on Conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a Sum of Money not exceeding Five Pounds.

X. [Meaning of certain Words used in this Act.] And be it enacted, That the Words herein-after mentioned, which in their usual Signification have a more restricted or different Meaning, shall in this Act (except where the Nature of the Provisions or the Context of the Act shall exclude such Construction) be interpreted as follows; (that is to say,) the Word "County" shall include City, Town, Borough, Cinque Port, Riding Liberty, or Division; the word "Horse" shall include Mare, Gelding, Mule, Pony, Colt, or Filly; the Word "Cattle" shall include Bull, Ox, Cow, Steer, Heifer, Calf, Ass, Sheep, Lamb, Goat, Pig or any other domestic Animal; the Word "Constable" shall include Headborough, Peace Officer, or Police Officer; and every World importing the Singular Number only shall extend and be applied to several Persons and Things as well as to one Person of Thing; and every Word importing the Masculine Gender only shall extend to a Female as well as a Male.