{"data":{"id":"us/1-u.s.c.-1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"1 U.S.C. § 1","heading":"Words denoting number, gender, and so forth","body":"In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise— words importing the singular include and apply to several persons, parties, or things; words importing the plural include the singular; words importing the masculine gender include the feminine as well; words used in the present tense include the future as well as the present; the words “insane” and “insane person” shall include every idiot, insane person, and person non compos mentis; the words “person” and “whoever” include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals; “officer” includes any person authorized by law to perform the duties of the office; “signature” or “subscription” includes a mark when the person making the same intended it as such; “oath” includes affirmation, and “sworn” includes affirmed; “writing” includes printing and typewriting and reproductions of visual symbols by photographing, multigraphing, mimeographing, manifolding, or otherwise.","path":["Title 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 1—RULES OF CONSTRUCTION"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc01@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:16Z","sha256":"de82c1af190377712e4dd4b16d2d6a9bf6dd56ca80355af9c42712c76559262e","source_id":"us","stale":false,"next":"us/1-u.s.c.-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}