SEC. 1-3-33. Number, singular and plural.
Words used in the singular number only, either as descriptive of persons or things, shall extend to and embrace the plural number; and words used in the plural number shall extend to and embrace the singular number, except where a contrary intention is manifest.
SOURCES: Codes, 1857, ch. 66, art. 2; 1871, Sec. 2931; 1880, Sec. 11; 1892, Sec. 1523; 1906, Sec. 1604; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 1371; 1930, Sec. 1395; 1942, Sec. 703.