Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 0 - PRELIMINARY CHAPTER
NRS 0.030 - Gender, number and tense.

1. Except as otherwise expressly provided in a particular statute or required by the context:
(a) The singular number includes the plural number, and the plural includes the singular.
(b) The present tense includes the future tense.
2. The use of a masculine noun or pronoun in conferring a benefit or imposing a duty does not exclude a female person from that benefit or duty. The use of a feminine noun or pronoun in conferring a benefit or imposing a duty does not exclude a male person from that benefit or duty.
(Added to NRS by 1977, 181; A 2009, 484)

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Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 0 - PRELIMINARY CHAPTER

NRS 0.010 - Scope.

NRS 0.020 - Severability.

NRS 0.023 - Construction of reenacted, amended or revised laws as continuation of prior law; effect of reference to repealed law that is in substance reenacted.

NRS 0.024 - Words and terms defined in NRS have same meaning in corresponding provisions of NAC.

NRS 0.025 - Use of "may," "must," "shall" and "is entitled"; explanation of flush lines.

NRS 0.027 - Interpretation of reference to parents or parent of child if more than two people have parent and child relationship.

NRS 0.030 - Gender, number and tense.