§ 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.
§ 1-3-17. Gender, masculine to embrace the feminine
Words in the masculine gender shall embrace a female as well as a male, unless a contrary intention may be manifest.
§ 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.