...board or authority having charge of such water plant in such city or town. RL, c. 8, § 5, cl. 16, provides that the word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate. It is my opinion that the authorization of the board of selectmen would be entirely sufficient. If,...

...conciseness. (4) Rev. Stat. c. 2, a. 6. The thirteenth rule in the Revised Statutes, (c. 2, s. 6,) provides that the word " person may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate." This provision does not reach the words and phrases "another," "others," "any," "any one," " any body,"...

...R. 305. It is, notwithstanding, specially provided, in the Revised Statutes of some of the States, that " the word person may extend, and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals." Thus in the general provisions in the Revised Statutes of Massachusetts (ch. 2, s....

...an oath, and in like cases, the word sworn shall be construed to include the word affirm. SECT. 11. The word person may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. SECT. 12. The words preceding and following, when used by way of reference to any section...

...word importing the masculine gender only, mav extend and be applied to females as well as nifiles; and the word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, and the public generally, as well as individuals. law, shall be construed to...

...word importing the masculine gender only, may extend and be applied to females as well as males ; and the word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, and the public generally, as well as individuals. law, shall be construed to...

...corporation is treated as a person, and the statute prescribing the rules for the construction of statutes provides that " the word 'person' may extend and be...applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals." How. Stat. <j 2, subd. 12. This construction is consistent with the manifest intent...

...of construction (1 How. Stat. [2d Ed.] § 2, subsec. 12 [1 Comp. Laws 1915, § 64]) which provides: "The word 'person' may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals." Our determination as to the meaning of the word "person" as employed in these statutes...

...expressed, and the word " year " shall be equivalent to the expression " year of our Lord." SEC. 8. The word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. SEC. 9. Whenever the seal of any court or public office is required to be affixed to...

...oath, and in like cases the word " sworn" shall be construed to include the word "affirmed." Tenth — The word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate as well as to individuals. Eleventh — The words " preceding" and " following" shall be construed to mean the...