Home/Oklahoma/Statutes/Title 22: Criminal Procedure/§ 22-407
Oklahoma Statutes

§ 22-407 — Words, how construed.

Oklahoma § 22-407
JurisdictionOklahoma
Title 22Criminal Procedure

This text of Oklahoma § 22-407 (Words, how construed.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Oklahoma primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-407 (2026).

Text

The words used in an indictment or information must be construed in their usual acceptation, in common language, except words and phrases defined by law, which are to be construed according to their legal meaning.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Legislative History

R.L.1910, § 5744.

Nearby Sections

15
§ 22-1
Title of code.
§ 22-10
Criminal action defined.
§ 22-1001
Judgment of death - Warrant.
§ 22-1001.1
Execution of judgment - Time - Stay of execution.
§ 22-1002
Governor to be informed of proceedings.
§ 22-1003
Governor may require opinion of appellate judges.
§ 22-1004
Reprieve and suspension of execution - Authority of
§ 22-1005
Repealed
§ 22-1005.1
Mentally incompetent to be executed – Motion – Hearing
§ 22-101
Unlawful assemblage.
§ 22-1010
Pregnancy of prisoners - Judicial investigation.
§ 22-1011
Execution of judgment - Suspension when defendant
§ 22-1014
Manner of inflicting punishment of death.
§ 22-1015
Place of execution of judgment - Persons who may witness.
§ 22-1016
Warden's return upon death warrant.
View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)
Oklahoma § 22-407, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ok/22/22-407.