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Stannaries Act 1887 (repealed 19.11.1998)

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2 Interpretation.

In this Act— The term “the stannaries” means the stannaries of Cornwall and Devon: The term “vice-warden” means the vice-warden of the stannaries for the time being: “Court” means the vice-warden’s court: The term “registrar” means the registrar for the time being of the court: The term “company” means any persons or partnership body, joint-stock company, company constituted under the Companies Act 1862, or any statutory modification thereof, and whether corporate or unincorporate, and whether limited or unlimited, engaged in or formed for working mines within the stannaries: The term “purser” means the purser for the time being of a company, or if there is no purser then the secretary for the time being, or if there is no secretary, then the principal agent or manager for the time being of a company: The term “cost book” includes all books and papers relating to the business of a mine which are for the time being kept by a purser, or which, according to law or the custom of the stannaries, ought to be kept by him: The term “lessors” means the lessor or grantor of any lease, or grant of any mine, or licence to exercise mining rights and powers, and includes every person entitled under any such lease, grant, or licence, or any other instrument whatever, to receive the rents or dues payable in respect of any mine: The term “mortgagees” includes all holders of mortgage-debentures, mortgages, or other charges issued by any company: The term “sheriff” includes any officer charged with the execution of a writ or other process: The term “miners” includes all artisans, labourers, and other persons working in and about a mine, except the purser, secretary, agent, or manager: The term “wages” includes all earnings by miners arising from any description of piece or other work, or as tributers or otherwise: The term “mining effects” includes machinery, materials, goods, and chattels, and all ores and halvans, and all other personal property appertaining to a mine, or used or intended to be used for mining purposes.

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2 Interpretation.

In this Act— The term “the stannaries” means the stannaries of Cornwall and Devon: The term “vice-warden” means the vice-warden of the stannaries for the time being: “Court” means the vice-warden’s court: The term “registrar” means the registrar for the time being of the court: The term “company” means any persons or partnership body, joint-stock company, company constituted under the Companies Act 1862, or any statutory modification thereof, and whether corporate or unincorporate, and whether limited or unlimited, engaged in or formed for working mines within the stannaries: The term “purser” means the purser for the time being of a company, or if there is no purser then the secretary for the time being, or if there is no secretary, then the principal agent or manager for the time being of a company: The term “cost book” includes all books and papers relating to the business of a mine which are for the time being kept by a purser, or which, according to law or the custom of the stannaries, ought to be kept by him: The term “lessors” means the lessor or grantor of any lease, or grant of any mine, or licence to exercise mining rights and powers, and includes every person entitled under any such lease, grant, or licence, or any other instrument whatever, to receive the rents or dues payable in respect of any mine: The term “mortgagees” includes all holders of mortgage-debentures, mortgages, or other charges issued by any company: The term “sheriff” includes any officer charged with the execution of a writ or other process: The term “miners” includes all artisans, labourers, and other persons working in and about a mine, except the purser, secretary, agent, or manager: The term “wages” includes all earnings by miners arising from any description of piece or other work, or as tributers or otherwise: The term “mining effects” includes machinery, materials, goods, and chattels, and all ores and halvans, and all other personal property appertaining to a mine, or used or intended to be used for mining purposes.

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