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RSA 21:3 · Number; Gender

Title
I: THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Chapter
21 · STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
Status
current
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21:3 Number; Gender. – Words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons or things; words importing the plural number may include the singular; and words importing the masculine gender may extend and be applied to females. Gender-specific terms relating to the marital relationship or familial relationships, including without limitation, "spouse," "family," "marriage," "immediate family," "dependent," "next of kin," "man," "woman," "groom," "bride," "husband," "wife," "widow," or "widower," shall be construed to be gender-neutral for all purposes throughout New Hampshire law, whether in statute, state administrative or court rule, policy, common law, or any other source of civil state law. Source. RS 1:1, 2. CS 1:1, 2. GS 1:3. GL 1:3. PS 2:3. PL 2:3. RL 7:3. 2014, 160:4, eff. July 10, 2014.

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Source. RS 1:1, 2. CS 1:1, 2. GS 1:3. GL 1:3. PS 2:3. PL 2:3. RL 7:3. 2014, 160:4, eff. July 10, 2014.

Source history

  • 2014, 160:4, eff. July 10, 2014
  • RS 1:1, 2. CS 1:1, 2. GS 1:3. GL 1:3. PS 2:3. PL 2:3. RL 7:3

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