Singular includes plural -- Masculine includes feminine
KRS 446.020
in effect446.020. Singular includes plural -- Masculine includes feminine
(1) A word importing the singular number only may extend and be applied to several persons or things, as well as to one (1) person or thing, and a word importing the plural number only may extend and be applied to one (1) person or thing as well as to several persons or things.
(2) A word importing the masculine gender only may extend and be applied to females as well as males.
Effective: October 1, 1942
History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 457.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=19390Fetched: 10/20/2026
