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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78355</law_id><section_number>1-227</section_number><catch_line>Number</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2.1">Common Law and Rules of Construction</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Rules of Construction and Definitions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A word used in the singular includes the plural and a word used in the plural includes the singular.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5; Code 1950, &#xA7; 1-13; 1950, p. 22, &#xA7; 1-13.15; 2005, c. 839.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
