{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-1810.1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 1810.1","heading":"Rules of construction; words and phrases.","body":"Except where the context of the regulation or of the Act of the Congress on which it is based, indicates otherwise, when used in the regulations of this chapter:\n(a) Words importing the singular include and apply to the plural also;\n(b) Words importing the plural include the singular;\n(c) Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine as well;\n(d) Words used in the present tense include the future as well as the present;\n(e) The words person and whoever include corporations, companies, associations, firms, partnerships, societies, and joint stock companies, as well as individuals;\n(f) Officer and authorized officer include any person authorized by law or by lawful delegation of authority to perform the duties described;\n(g) Signature or subscription includes a mark when the person making the same intended it as such;\n(h) Oath includes affirmation, and sworn includes affirmed;\n(i) Writing includes printing and typewriting as well as holographs, and copies include all types of reproductions on paper, including photographs, multigraphs, mimeographs and manifolds;\n(j) The word company or association, when used in reference to a corporation, shall be deemed to embrace the words successors and assigns of such company or association, in like manner as if these last-named words, or words of similar import, were expressed.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands","CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL MANAGEMENT (1000)","PART 1810—INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL GUIDANCE","Subpart 1810—General Rules"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"bcad32d0f8208d325092a4a9bfd1170e05b6b50b631a784b59be38ce55a0a188","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-1784.6-2","next":"us/43-cfr-1810.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}