Section 8-1-106 – Effect of Repeal of Repealing Law.
8-1-106. Effect of repeal of repealing law. If any law is repealed which repealed a former law, the former law is not thereby revived unless it is expressly provided.
Section 8-2-101 – Distribution of Statutes, Supplements and Session Laws.
8-2-101. Distribution of statutes, supplements and session laws. (a) Statutes, supplements and session laws shall be distributed as provided by contract with the publisher or as directed by the management council, to the following, without charge: (i) Nine (9) copies to the county clerk of each county in Wyoming, for use in the county offices […]
Section 8-1-103 – Rules of Construction for Statutes.
8-1-103. Rules of construction for statutes. (a) The construction of all statutes of this state shall be by the following rules, unless that construction is plainly contrary to the intent of the legislature: (i) Words and phrases shall be taken in their ordinary and usual sense, but technical words and phrases having a peculiar and […]
Section 8-1-104 – Identification of Laws Amended or Repealed in Amending or Repealing Acts.
8-1-104. Identification of laws amended or repealed in amending or repealing acts. In amending, altering or repealing any of the laws of Wyoming, it is sufficient to identify each of the laws to be so amended, altered or repealed by designating the particular section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or other subdivision of the statutes affected by […]
Section 8-1-105 – Identification and Designation of Sections, Subsections and Other Divisions of Bills; Duty to Insert; Method.
8-1-105. Identification and designation of sections, subsections and other divisions of bills; duty to insert; method. (a) Each section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, indented clause or other subdivision of every bill for any act, memorial or resolution which may be introduced in either house of the legislature shall be appropriately and systematically identified and designated by […]
Section 8-1-101 – Adoption of Common Law.
8-1-101. Adoption of common law. The common law of England as modified by judicial decisions, so far as the same is of a general nature and not inapplicable, and all declaratory or remedial acts or statutes made in aid of, or to supply the defects of the common law prior to the fourth year of […]
Section 8-1-102 – Definitions.
8-1-102. Definitions. (a) As used in the statutes unless the legislature clearly specifies a different meaning or interpretation or the context clearly requires a different meaning: (i) “Adult” means a person who is not a minor; (ii) “Bond” includes an undertaking; (iii) When used in a context denoting age: (A) “Majority” means that period of […]