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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  (including ­
  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  management ­
  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repealed)  indicates  in  some  degree  a  reversion  to  the  original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  incorporation ­
  is  retained.