District of Columbia Statutes
§ 45-603 — Gender rule of construction.
Unless the Council of the District of Columbia specifically provides that this section shall be inapplicable to a particular act or section, all the words thereof importing 1 gender include and apply to the other gender as well.
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Related
Jeremiah Maynard v. Laura M. Sutherland
313 F.2d 560 (D.C. Circuit, 1962)
Legislative History
Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1189, ch. 854; June 4, 1982, D.C. Law 4-111, § 2(a), 29 DCR 1684
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Rules stated.