Words importing the singular number may also be applied to the plural of persons and things; words importing the plural may be applied to the singular; and words importing the masculine gender may be extended to females also.
RCW 1.12.050
Number and gender.
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case 44 Wash. App. 281 - State v. Welty (1986)
Most recently applied in 14 Wash. App. 2d 803 - State Of Washington v. Todd Richard Marjama, Jr. (October 2020)
1891 c 23 s 1, part; Code 1881 ss 756, 965, 1920; 1877 p 153 s 761; 1857 p 45 s 1; 1854 p 99 s 135 and p 221 s 502; RRS s 148.
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