---
kind: "unit"
title: "1"
title_heading: "General Provisions"
key: "ch1"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 1"
heading: "Rules of Construction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/1/ch1"
sections_count: 8
---

# Chapter 1 — Rules of Construction

Title 1 — General Provisions

## Sections

- [§1. Words denoting number, gender, and so forth](/usc/1/1.md)
- [§2. “County” as including “parish”, and so forth](/usc/1/2.md)
- [§3. “Vessel” as including all means of water transportation](/usc/1/3.md)
- [§4. “Vehicle” as including all means of land transportation](/usc/1/4.md)
- [§5. “Company” or “association” as including successors and assigns](/usc/1/5.md)
- [§6. Limitation of term “products of American fisheries”](/usc/1/6.md)
- [§7. Marriage](/usc/1/7.md)
- [§8. “Person”, “human being”, “child”, and “individual” as including born-alive infant](/usc/1/8.md)