{"identifier":"/us/usc/t1/s1","title":1,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1.","heading":"Words denoting number, gender, and so forth","text":"\u00a7\u202f1.\nWords denoting number, gender, and so forth\nIn determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise\u2014\nwords importing the singular include and apply to several persons, parties, or things;\nwords importing the plural include the singular;\nwords importing the masculine gender include the feminine as well;\nwords used in the present tense include the future as well as the present;\nthe words \u201cinsane\u201d and \u201cinsane person\u201d shall include every idiot, insane person, and person non compos mentis;\nthe words \u201cperson\u201d and \u201cwhoever\u201d include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals;\n\u201cofficer\u201d includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office;\n\u201csignature\u201d or \u201csubscription\u201d includes a mark when the person making the same intended it as such;\n\u201coath\u201d includes affirmation, and \u201csworn\u201d includes affirmed;\n\u201cwriting\u201d includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t1/s1.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t1/s1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1."},{"t":"heading","text":"Words denoting number, gender, and so forth"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise\u2014","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"words importing the singular include and apply to several persons, parties, or things;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"words importing the plural include the singular;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"words importing the masculine gender include the feminine as well;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"words used in the present tense include the future as well as the present;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"the words \u201cinsane\u201d and \u201cinsane person\u201d shall include every idiot, insane person, and person non compos mentis;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"the words \u201cperson\u201d and \u201cwhoever\u201d include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cofficer\u201d includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201csignature\u201d or \u201csubscription\u201d includes a mark when the person making the same intended it as such;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201coath\u201d includes affirmation, and \u201csworn\u201d includes affirmed;","tail":"\n"},{"t":"p","text":"\u201cwriting\u201d includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise.","tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}