{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-12-49","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 5:12-49","heading":"Words and terms: tense, number and gender","body":"49.\tWords and terms: tense, number and gender.\nIn construing the provisions of this act, save when otherwise plainly declared or clearly apparent from the context:\na.\tWords in the present tense shall include the future tense.\nb.\tWords in the masculine shall include feminine and neuter genders.\nc.\tWords in the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular.\nL.1977,c.110,s.49.","path":["TITLE 5 AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"75c35f779fb6e79c829309c811943dad4491d3a46a34a7ca0c05e849d0e623ad","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-12-47.2","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-12-50"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}