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39 & 40 Vict. Cap. 45, s. 3. 
“ England ” shall include the Channel Islands (except as 
hereinafter provided) : 
“ The registrar ” shall mean for England the centra 
office established by the Friendly Societies Act, 1875, 
and for Scotland or Ireland the assistant registrar of 
friendly societies for either country respectively; 
“ the central office ” shall mean the central office so 
established; and “chief registrar” and “assistant 
registrar ” shall mean chief registrar and assistant 
registrar of friendly societies respectively : 
“ Country ” shall mean England, Scotland, or Ireland, as 
the case may be : 
The several ridings of the county of York, and the 
several Channel Islands, respectively, shall be deemed 
to be counties : 
“Land” shall include hereditaments, and in Scotland 
heritable subjects, of whatever description, and 
chattels real: 
“ Property ” shall mean all real and personal estate (in 
cluding books and papers) : 
“ Registered society ” shall mean a society registered or 
deemed to be registered under this Act: 
“ Amendment of rule ” shall include a new rule, and a 
resolution rescinding a rule : ' 
“ Rules ” shall mean rules for the time being : 
“ The committee ” shall mean the committee of manage 
ment or other directing body of a society : 
Persons claiming through a member” shall include the 
beirs, executors, administrators, and assigns of a 
member, and also his nominees where nomination is 
allowed : 
to the provisions of the Companies Acts than to those of the 
miendly Societies Acts. They were again amended in 1871 hy 
31 & 35 Vict. c. 80. The present Act (by which all these are 
repealed) indicates in some degree a reversion to the original 
1 luridly society type, though the important character of incor 
poration is retained.