Pennsylvania Code
Title 101 - GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Part I - LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU
Subpart C - LEGISLATIVE DRAFTING MANUAL
Chapter 13 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter C - STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION
WORDS AND PHRASES
Section 13.101 - Meaning
Universal Citation: 101 PA Code ยง 13.101
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) General. The act (1 Pa.C.S. § 1903) provides that:
(1) Words and phrases shall be construed
according to rules of grammar and according to their common and approved
usage.
(2) Technical words and
phrases and such others as have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning
shall be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate
meaning.
(3) General words shall be
construed to take their meanings and be restricted by preceding particular
words.
(b) Statutory definitions. The act (1 Pa.C.S. § 1991) provides that the words and phrases defined in 1 Pa.C.S. § 1991 (relating to definitions), when used in any statute finally enacted on or after September 1, 1937, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in 1 Pa.C.S. § 1991.
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