California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCGeneral ProvisionsSection 14

The present tense includes the past and future tenses; and the future, the present. Each gender includes the other two genders.

Notes

Defines statutory tense and gender usage so the present tense includes past and future, the future includes the present, and each gender includes the other two genders. These are default construction rules for reading the code and do not create independent licensing duties, penalties, deadlines, or exceptions.

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