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2013 District of Columbia Code
Division VIII — GENERAL LAWS
Title 45 — COMPILATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF CODE
Chapter 6 — RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Section 45-602 — Words importing singular number to include plural.
Words importing the singular number shall be held to include the plural, and vice versa, except where such construction would be unreasonable.
History
(Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1189, ch. 854.)
Annotations
Cross References. Acts and resolutions of Council, rules of construction, see § 1-301.45 et seq.
Prior Codifications. 1981 Ed., § 49-202.
1973 Ed., § 49-202.
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