. Fcwr Courts ( Dublin) Extension. 2 Construction of Terms. Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, as follows: I. In the Construction of this Act the following Words and Ex- pressions, if not inconsistent with the Context, shall have the Meaning 5 herein- after assigned to them; ( that is to say,) The Word " Commissioners" shall mean the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland, or any Two of them : " Lord Lieutenant" shall mean the Chief Governor or Governors of Ireland for the Time being: " Lands and Houses " or " Lands" shall mean and include Grounds, Houses, Tenements, Messuages, and Hereditaments, and the Ground and Soil of such Streets, Courts, Alleys, Ways, Paths, or Passages as are authorized to be stopped up or enclosed under the Provisions of this Act, and all Public and Private Rights and Privileges in, over, or upon the same: " Lease " shall include an Agreement for a Lease : " Party " shall extend to and include the Commissioners. 10 15 Short Title. II. This Act may be cited for all Purposes as " The Four Courts ( Dublin) Extension Act, 1858." 20 Provisions of 8 & 9 Yict. c. 18. ex- tended to this Act, so far as same may be ap- plicable. III. The Provisions of " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," save and except such Parts thereof as relate to Compensation for any Damage or Injury to any Lands by reason of the Execution of any Works, shall, so far as the same may be applicable to and are not inconsistent with or modified by the Provisions of this Act, be 25 incorporated with and form Part of this Act, and shall be applicable to the Purposes thereof; and in the Construction of this Act, and the said Act incorporated herewith, this Act shall be deemed to be the " Special Act." Commis IV. The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland for the Time 30 Pubhc 0t being and their Successors shall, for the Purposes of this Act, be a Cor- Works to be poration, by the Name or Style of" The Commissioners of PublicWorks tion° fo ° the by that Name, for the Purposes of this Act, shall have Purposes of perpetual Succession and a Common Seal, to be by them made and from this Act Time to Time altered as they shall think fit, and shall and may sue and 35 be sued, plead or be impleaded, in all Courts and before all Justices and others, and in that Capacity shall be deemed Promoters of the Under- taking authorized to be executed by this Act. Power to pur- V. It shall be lawful for the Commissioners, with the Approval and an^ HouTet3 un(^ er ^ e Direction of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, 40 and