Rules governing use of certain words · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1-1.3 Rules governing use of certain words
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Words in the singular number include the plural, and in the plural include the singular.
(b) Words of the masculine gender include the feminine and the neuter, and when the sense so indicates words of the neuter gender may refer to any gender.
(c) The word "writing" includes typewritten or printed matter.
Unless context requires otherwise, singular includes plural and plural includes singular; masculine includes feminine and neuter; and “writing” includes typed or printed matter. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Surrogate's Court: Court Rules & the EPTL; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.