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" In determining the meaning of the Revised Statutes, or of any act or resolution of Congress passed subsequent to February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons... "
United States Duties on Imports: 1879 - Page 122
by Lewis Heyl - 1879 - 473 pages
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Reports of Civil and Criminal Cases Decided by the ..., Volume 5; Volume 68

Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 840 pages
...statute provides that the county court shall appoint some suitable person to muke such settlement. A word importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons or tilings. (Revised Statutes, sec. 12, chap. 21.) Ib 438 STATUTE LAWS— 1. The city court of Henderson,...
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Compilation of Navy and Other Laws from the Revised Statutes and Statutes at ...

United States - Naval law - 1875 - 388 pages
...resolution of Congress passed ¡subsequent to February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, words importing the singular number may extend and...every idiot, non compos, lunatic, and insane person ; the word " person " may extend and be applied to partnerships and corporations, and the reference...
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The Legal News, Volume 1

James Kirby - Law - 1878 - 656 pages
...the Revised Statutes, or of nuy act or resolution of Congress passed subsequent to February 25, 1871, words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons or things ; word« importing the masculine gender may be applied to females" etc., etc. Now as to '• immemorial...
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Internal Revenue Laws in Force: With an Appendix Containing Laws of a ...

United States - Internal revenue law - 1879 - 248 pages
...andfaithicsolutiou of Congress passed subsequent to February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy .one, words importing the singular number may extend and...masculine gender may be applied to females ; * * * the word "person'' may extend and be applied to partnerships and corporations, and the reference to any...
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The Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 17

Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 1036 pages
...lands were granted subject to the adjustment applicable to two«roads. And the general rule is that "words importing the singular number may extend and...Importing the plural number may include the singular," as provided In the first section of the Revised Statutes. Nor are we impressed with the argument that...
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Legislation on Insanity: A Collection of All the Lunacy Laws of the States ...

George Leib Harrison - Europe - 1884 - 1134 pages
...subsequent R«v stat. or to February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and i>e«niiu»ni. seventy-one, words importing the singular number may extend and...person " and " lunatic " shall include every idiot, non-compos, lunatic, and insane person ; the word " person " may extend and be applied to partnerships...
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Decisions of the Department of the Interior and the General Land ..., Volume 2

United States. Department of the Interior - Public lands - 1884 - 934 pages
...the Revised Statues provide, in section 1, that " words importing the singular number may be extended and be applied to several persons or things ; words...importing the plural number may include the singular." The regulation (paragraph 72) which follows the statute should in that respect be construed in like...
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Legislation on Insanity: A Collection of All the Lunacy Laws of the States ...

George Leib Harrison - Europe - 1884 - 1134 pages
...subsequent B»». sut. of to February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and i>««n'moiw. seventy-one, words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons or tilings; words importing the plural number may include the singular ; words importing the masculine...
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Internal Revenue Laws: Including Title XXXV, and Other Portions of the ...

United States - Internal revenue law - 1886 - 280 pages
...andfaithxeeolution of Congress passed subsequent to February twenty-fifth, eighteen hundred and seventy -one, words importing the singular number may extend and...masculine gender may be applied to females ; * * * the word "person" may extend and be applied to partnerships and corporations, and the reference to any...
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The Atlantic Reporter, Volume 39

Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 1148 pages
...In the light of the rule provided in our statutes for their construction (Pub. St. c. 2, § 3), that "words Importing the singular number may extend and...importing the plural number may include the singular," and in view of the history of the legislation on this subject, It is plain that furnishing a bond with...
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