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2018 Mississippi Code
Title 1 - Laws and Statutes
Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes
§ 1-3-17. Gender, masculine to embrace the feminine.
Universal Citation: MS Code § 1-3-17 (2018)
Words in the masculine gender shall embrace a female as well as a male, unless a contrary intention may be manifest.
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