Plural
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Words Implying the plural may be construed to include the singular: the greater includes the less. 1 Iowa, 282; 60 Mich. 462; 54 Mich. 245. PLURALIS NUMERUS EST DUOBUS contentus. The plural number is contained in two. 1 Rolle, 476.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Containing more than one; consisting of or designating two or morn. Webster.
— Plural marriage. See Marriage.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Containing or designating more than one; consisting of two or more. Pluralis numerus est duobus contentus: the plural number is contained in two. Plures eandem rem in solidum possidere non possunt: several persons cannot possess the same thing exclusively [or so that both have the whole property at the same time].
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
It is now a very common statutory rule for construction of legislative enactments, that, unless the context forbids, words in the singular number shall be deemed to include the plural, and words in the plural, the singular.