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§ 1-3-45. Property

The term “property,” when used in any statute, includes personal property as defined in Section 1-3-41 and also every estate, interest, and right, in lands, tenements, and hereditaments.

§ 1-3-47. Railroad

Every person, firm, association of persons or company, whether incorporated or not, who shall own or operate a railroad as a common carrier.

§ 1-3-49. State

The term “state,” when applied to different parts of the United States, shall, when used in any statute, extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories created or recognized by congress.

§ 1-3-51. Stationery

The term “stationery,” as applied to purchases for the state, includes everything properly so called.

§ 1-3-33. Number, singular and plural

Words used in the singular number only, either as descriptive of persons or things, shall extend to and embrace the plural number; and words used in the plural number shall extend to and embrace the singular number, except where a contrary intention is manifest.

§ 1-3-35. Oath

The term “oath,” when used in any statute, shall include the word “affirmation,” in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath.

§ 1-3-37. Offense

The term “offense,” when used in any statute, shall mean any violation of law liable to punishment by criminal prosecution.

§ 1-3-19. Infamous crime

The term “infamous crime,” when used in any statute, shall mean offenses punished with death or confinement in the penitentiary.

§ 1-3-21. Infant

The term “infant,” when used in any statute, shall include any person, male or female, under twenty-one years of age.