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Statutory Web
Weis,
Be sure you thoroughly checked the statutes for definitions...
For instance, in the stautes here, the word 'person' is defined in several places...
Title 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 3: RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
§72. Words and phrases
15. Person. "Person" may include a body corporate.
However, 'person' is defined differently under:
Title 29-a: MOTOR VEHICLES
Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
§101 'definitions'
54. Person. "Person" means an individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, fiduciary, trust, estate or any other legal or commercial entity. [1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 (new); Pt. B, §5 (aff).]
So, look for specific definitions under the statute chapter your violation occurs under..
As you can see... the 2nd definition definies 'person' as a generic term for 'legal or comnmercial enitity"
I don't see man or woman there do you?
The canon of construction "expressio unius est exclusio alterius" or "inclusio unius est exclusio alterius" holds that "to express or include one thing implies the exclusion of another, or of the alternative." Black's Law Dictionary 602 (7th ed. 1999).
For HIS Glory,
Akira
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