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101 Pa. Code § 13.101. Meaning.

WORDS AND PHRASES


§ 13.101. Meaning.

 (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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