 | Homer Lawrence Morris - 1921 - 220 pages
...Electoral Reform in England and Wales, p. 476. the franchise upon women. This Act declared, " That in all Acts words importing the masculine gender shall be deemed and taken to include females, . . . unless the contrary as to gender .... is expressly provided." 1 In order to test their rights... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords. Committee for Privileges - 1922 - 202 pages
...shall be entitled to be registered as a voter." By Lord Brougham's Act (13 & 14 Viet., c. 21, a. 4), " words importing the masculine gender shall be deemed and taken to include females unless the contrary is expressly provided." Upon this, it was contended that the word " man " in the... | |
 | California. District Courts of Appeal - 1917 - 1108 pages
...did not enfranchise women. Although by the statute 13 & 14 Viet., c. 21, par. 4, it was enacted that 'in all acts, words importing the masculine gender shall be deemed and taken to include females', the word man, in the ordinary and popular sense of words, is used in contradistinction to the word... | |
 | 1884 - 892 pages
...See sect. 27 of that Act ; Morgan, 5th edit. 265. By 13 & 14 Viet. c. 21, s. 4 (Lord Brougham's Act), in all Acts words importing the masculine gender shall...contrary as to gender or number is expressly provided. In Tozer v. Whidhourne, decided by Jessel, MR on the 17th March 1879, retiring trustees appointed two... | |
 | 1890 - 970 pages
...high sheriff of Westmoreland.] By Lord Brougham's Act (13 & 14 Viet, c, 21), s. 4, it is enacted that in all Acts words importing the masculine gender shall be deemed and taken to include females. The decision in Chorlton v. Lings (19 LT Rep. NS 534; L. Rep. 4 CP 374) was founded upon the word "... | |
 | 1877 - 1000 pages
...Acts of the Legislature (18th Viet. c. 31). They referred to the tollowing words in sect. 6 : " And words importing the masculine gender shall be deemed and taken to include females; and the singular shall be taken to include the plural, and the plural the singular ; and to include bodies politic,... | |
 | 1923 - 872 pages
...shall be entitled to be registered as a voter." Bv Lord Brougham's Act (13 & 14 Viet. c. 21, s. 4), -i words importing the masculine gender shall be deemed and taken to include females unless the contrary is expressly provided." Upon this, it was contended that the word " man " in the... | |
 | Queensland - 1886 - 392 pages
...the Colony in question. Words importing the masculine gender shall he deemed and Masculine to include taken to include females, and the singular to include the plural, and feuillune. &cthe plural the singular, unless the contrary as to gender or number is expressly provided.... | |
 | 1918 - 934 pages
...did not enfranchise women. Although by the statute 13 & 14 Viet., c. 21, par. 4, it was enacted that 'in all acts, words importing the masculine gender shall be deemed and taken to include females,' the word man, in the ordinary and popular sense of words, is used in contradistinction to the word... | |
| |
in all Acts, words importing the masculine gender shall be deemed and taken to include females, and the singular to include the plural, and the plural the singular, unless the contrary as to gender and number is expressly provided... 
