Singular includes plural -- Masculine includes feminine
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case 546 F. Supp. 174 - Canterino v. Wilson (1982)
Most recently applied in Davis v. Goodin (October 1982)
Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) A word importing the singular number only may extend and be applied to several persons or things, as well as to one (1) person or thing, and a word importing the plural number only may extend and be applied to one (1) person or thing as well as to several persons or things.
(2) A word importing the masculine gender only may extend and be applied to females as well as males.
Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.