In the Uniform Commercial Code, unless the statutory context otherwise requires:
(1) Words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular; and
(2) Words of any gender also refer to any other gender.
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 71–71 (28 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Peace River Seed Co-Operative, Ltd. v. Proseeds Marketing, Inc. (2014)
Most recently applied in Peace River Seed Co-Operative, Ltd. v. Proseeds Marketing, Inc. (March 2014)
1961 c.726 §71.1060; 2009 c.181 §5
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.
In the Uniform Commercial Code, unless the statutory context otherwise requires:
(1) Words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular; and
(2) Words of any gender also refer to any other gender.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.