District of Columbia Statutes

§ 22-1801 — “Writing” and “paper” defined.

District of Columbia § 22-1801
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
Title 22Criminal Offenses and Penalties.
Ch. 18General Offenses.

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D.C. Code § 22-1801 (2026).

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Except where otherwise provided for where such a construction would be unreasonable, the words “writing” and “paper,” wherever mentioned in this title, are to be taken to include instruments wholly in writing or wholly printed, or partly printed and partly in writing.

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Legislative History

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1336, ch. 854, § 904; Dec. 1, 1982, D.C. Law 4-164,§ 601(b), 29 DCR 3976

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