Every word importing the singular number only may be extended to or embrace the plural number, and every word importing the plural number may be applied and limited to the singular number, and every word importing the masculine gender only may be extended and applied to females as well as males.
[ 1961 c 15 s 84.04.065. Prior: 1925 ex.s. c 130 s 6, part; 1897 c 71 s 4, part; 1893 c 124 s 4, part; 1890 p 531 s 4, part; 1886 p 48 s 2, part; Code 1881 s 2830, part; RRS s 11110, part.]