---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 201.8"
title: "46"
number: "201.8"
heading: "Use of gender and number."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/201.8"
---

# §201.8. Use of gender and number.


Words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons or things; words importing the plural number may include the singular; and words importing the masculine gender may be applied to females.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 App. U.S.C. 1114(b); 49 CFR 1.66 and 1.69.

### Source

Source: General Order 41, 3d Rev., 29 FR 14475, Oct. 22, 1964; 29 FR 15374, Nov. 17, 1964, unless otherwise noted.