A. All words and phrases shall be construed and understood according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.
B. Words of the masculine gender include the feminine; and words in the singu-lar number include the plural and words in the plural number include the singular.
C. The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future includes the present.
(Prior code §§ 1-3-1, 1-3-9, 1-3-25)