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| Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 840 pages
...statute provides that the county court shall appoint some suitable person to muke such settlement. A word importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons or tilings. (Revised Statutes, sec. 12, chap. 21.) Ib 438 STATUTE LAWS— 1. The city court of Henderson,... | |
| United States. Department of Justice - Attorneys general's opinions - 1902 - 768 pages
...the propriety of reimbursement. In addition to this, section 1, Revised Statutes, provides that— "In determining the meaning of the Revised Statutes,...resolution of Congress passed subsequent to February 25, 1871, * * * the word person may extend and be applied to partnerships and corporations." * * *... | |
| James Kirby - Law - 1878 - 658 pages
...the Revised Statutes, or of nuy act or resolution of Congress passed subsequent to February 25, 1871, words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons or things ; word« importing the masculine gender may be applied to females" etc., etc. Now as to '• immemorial... | |
| United States - Internal revenue law - 1879 - 250 pages
...bц the Senate i,nd House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemblcd, In determining the meaning of the revised statutes, or of any act or ctsllection'dis" SEC. 3141. For the purpose of assessing, levying, and collecting the taxes provided... | |
| United States - Naval law - 1883 - 416 pages
...Title 1. Chap. 1. of America, in Congress axsembled, In determining the meaning of the Definitions. Revised Statutes, or of any act or resolution of Congress...the singular; words importing the masculine gender maybe applied to females; the words "insane person" and "lunatic" shall include every idiot, non-compos,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1036 pages
...lands were granted subject to the adjustment applicable to two«roads. And the general rule is that "words importing the singular number may extend and...Importing the plural number may include the singular," as provided In the first section of the Revised Statutes. Nor are we impressed with the argument that... | |
| George Leib Harrison - Europe - 1884 - 1134 pages
...sanity, such court or judge thereof may deliver such insane person to the party giving such bond. 21. In determining the meaning of the revised statutes,...any act or resolution of congress passed subsequent R«v stat. or to February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and i>e«niiu»ni. seventy-one, words importing... | |
| United States. Department of the Interior - Public lands - 1884 - 934 pages
...the Revised Statues provide, in section 1, that " words importing the singular number may be extended and be applied to several persons or things ; words...importing the plural number may include the singular." The regulation (paragraph 72) which follows the statute should in that respect be construed in like... | |
| George Leib Harrison - Europe - 1884 - 1134 pages
...congress passed subsequent B»». sut. of to February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and i>««n'moiw. seventy-one, words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons or tilings; words importing the plural number may include the singular ; words importing the masculine... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 1150 pages
...In the light of the rule provided in our statutes for their construction (Pub. St. c. 2, § 3), that "words Importing the singular number may extend and...importing the plural number may include the singular," and in view of the history of the legislation on this subject, It is plain that furnishing a bond with... | |
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