A. In the construction of this code and of any ordinance hereafter enacted, the rules set out in the following sections shall apply unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of this code.
B. All words and phrases shall be construed 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 according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning. When a word is defined in one section of a chapter, that definition shall apply to that word when it is used in any other section in the same chapter, unless that definition is clearly out of context. (Prior code §§ 1-1-4, 1-1-5)