Section 1-3-104 - Tense - Gender - Number of words

(a) Words used in this code in the past or present tense include the future, and the future tense includes the present.(b) Words importing the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter, except when the contrary intention is manifest.(c) Singular includes the plural and the plural the singular, except when the contrary intention is manifest.Code 1858, § 50; Shan., § 62; mod. Code 1932, §14; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 1-304.