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33 U.S.C. § 497 — “Persons” defined
submitted 120 years ago by ch. 1130 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 42 words · no verdicts yet
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In the listed bridge provisions, “persons” includes both singular and plural people and includes municipalities, corporations, companies, and associations.
In sections 491 through 494 and 495 through 498 of this title, the word “persons” means either one person or more than one, as the situation requires. It also includes municipalities, quasi-municipal corporations, corporations, companies, and associations. This section does not otherwise define the quoted term “persons.”
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The word “persons” as used in sections 491 to 494 and 495 to 498 of this title, shall be construed to import both the singular and the plural, as the case demands, and shall include municipalities, quasi-municipal corporations, corporations, companies, and associations.
Source credit: (Mar. 23, 1906, ch. 1130, § 7, 34 Stat. 86.)
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- 1906Enacted · Act of Mar. 23, 1906, ch. 1130 · 34 Stat. 86
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