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NRS 0.030 - Gender, number and tense.

NV Rev Stat § 0.030 (2019) (N/A)
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1. Except as otherwise expressly provided in a particular statute or required by the context:

(a) The singular number includes the plural number, and the plural includes the singular.

(b) The present tense includes the future tense.

2. The use of a masculine noun or pronoun in conferring a benefit or imposing a duty does not exclude a female person from that benefit or duty. The use of a feminine noun or pronoun in conferring a benefit or imposing a duty does not exclude a male person from that benefit or duty.

(Added to NRS by 1977, 181; A 2009, 484)

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