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2025 Delaware Code
Title 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 3. INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES
§ 304. Words of number and gender.

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§ 304. Words of number and gender.

(a) Words used in the singular number include the plural and the plural includes the singular.

(b) Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine as well, except as otherwise clearly indicated by the context.

(c) All forms prescribed by law may be varied according to subsections (a) and (b) of this section.

Code 1852, § 36;  Code 1915, § 1;  Code 1935, § 1;  1 Del. C. 1953, § 304; 
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