Singular

In grammar, the singular is used to express only one; not plural. Johnson. In law, the singular frequently includes the plural. A bequest to “my nearest relation,” for example, will be considered as a bequest to all the. relations In the same degree who are nearest to the testator; 1 Yes. Sen. 357; 1 Bro. C. G. 293. A bequest made to “my heir by a person who had three Under the 13 & 14 Viet c. 21, s. 4, words in acts of parliament importing the singular shall include the plural, and vice versa, unless the contrary is expressly provided; Whart. Lex.

Each, as in the expression all and singular. Also, individual. It is applied to various things or objects regarded individually. Singular successor. A purchaser or transferee of a specific chattel or specific laud, as opposed to a universal successor, such as the trustee of a bankrupt's estate, or the executor or administrator of a deceased person. Singular title. The title by which a party acquires property as a singular successor. '

construction. In grammar the singular is expressing only one, not plural. Johnson. In law, the singular frequently includes the plural. A bequest to "my nearest relation," for example, will be considered as a bequest to all the relations in the same degree, who are nearest to the testator. 1 Ves. Sen. 337; 1 Bro. C. C. 293. A bequest made to "my heir," by a person who had three heirs, will be construed in the plural. 4 Russ. C. C. 384. The same rule obtains in the civil law: In usu juris frequenter uti nos singulari appellatione, cum plura significari vellemus. Real estate has always a fixed situs, while personal estate has no such fixed situs; the law rei sitae regulates real but not the personal estate. Story, Confl. of Laws, § 379.