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TITLE I LAWS AND STATUTES
Chapter 1 Laws in Force and Construction of Statutes
Section 1.090. Words and phrases, how construed.
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Words and phrases, how construed.
1.090. Words and phrases shall be taken in their plain or ordinary and usual sense, but technical words and phrases having a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be understood according to their technical import.
(RSMo 1939 655, A. 1949 S.B. 1001, A.L. 1957 p. 587)Prior revisions: 1929 655; 1919 7058; 1909 8057
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