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30-A ME Rev Stat § 5711 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES|Part 2: MUNICIPALITIES|Subpart 9: FISCAL MATTERS|Chapter 223: MUNICIPAL FINANCES|Subchapter 3-A: MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS|Article 2: INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES|30-A §5711. Investments in general

 §5711. Investments in general Municipalities may hereafter invest their funds in securities in accordance with this article, subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in this article or the terms of the instrument, order or article creating the fund being invested. Limitations set forth in this article concerning the maximum amount which may be invested in a security or type of security shall apply only to an investment in that security or type of security which exceeds $20,000. Investments made under this article shall be made by the treasurer upon direction of the municipal officers.   [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD).
30-A ME Rev Stat § 5712 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES|Part 2: MUNICIPALITIES|Subpart 9: FISCAL MATTERS|Chapter 223: MUNICIPAL FINANCES|Subchapter 3-A: MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS|Article 2: INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES|30-A §5712. Government unit bonds

 §5712. Government unit bonds Municipalities may invest in:   [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).]1.  United States and instrumentalities.  The bonds and other direct obligations of the United States, or the bonds and other direct obligations or participation certificates issued by any agency, association, authority or instrumentality created by the United States Congress or any executive order;   [PL 1995, c. 206, §1 (AMD).] 2.  States.  The bonds and other direct obligations issued or guaranteed by any state or by any instrumentality or agency of any state, or by any political subdivision of any state, provided that the securities are rated within the 3 highest grades by any rating service approved by the Superintendent of Financial Institutions;   [PL 1995, c. 206, §1 (AMD); PL 2001, c. 44, §11 (AMD); PL 2001, c. 44, §14 (AFF).] 3.  Maine.  The bonds and other direct obligations issued or guaranteed by this State, or issued by any instrumentality or agency of this State, or any political subdivision of the State that is not in default on any of its outstanding funded obligations;   [PL 1995, c. 206, §1 (AMD).] 4.  Canada.  The bonds and other direct obligations issued or guaranteed by the Dominion of Canada, or issued or guaranteed by any province, or political subdivision of a province, provided that the securities are rated within the 3 highest grades by any rating service approved by the Superintendent of Financial Institutions and are payable in United States funds; and   [PL 1995, c. 206, §1 (AMD); PL 2001, c. 44, §11 (AMD); PL 2001, c. 44, §14 (AFF).] 5.  Short-term obligations.  Prime bankers' acceptances and prime commercial paper.   [PL 1995, c. 206, §1 (NEW).] Investments made pursuant to this section are limited to direct obligations of the issuer in which the municipality directly owns the underlying security. Obligations created from, or whose value depends on or is derived from the value of one or more underlying assets or indexes of asset values in which the municipality owns no direct interest do not qualify as investments under this section.   [PL 1995, c. 206, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 206, §1 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 44, §11 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 44, §14 (AFF).
30-A ME Rev Stat § 5715 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES|Part 2: MUNICIPALITIES|Subpart 9: FISCAL MATTERS|Chapter 223: MUNICIPAL FINANCES|Subchapter 3-A: MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS|Article 2: INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES|30-A §5715. Other stock investments

 §5715. Other stock investments Municipalities may invest in:   [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).]1.  Preferred stock of public utilities.  The preferred stock of any public corporation if all of the publicly issued bonds of the corporation qualify as legal investments under section 5713, subsection 1 or 2. Not more than 10% of the permanent reserve fund, permanent trust fund or other permanent fund being invested may be invested in preferred stocks of public utilities, and not more than 1% of any such fund may be invested in the preferred stocks of any one corporation;   [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).] 2.  Bonds of nonprofit organizations.  The bonds or other interest-bearing obligations of any religious, charitable, educational or fraternal association or corporation. Not more than 10% of the total assets of the permanent reserve fund, permanent trust fund or other permanent fund being invested may be invested in securities coming within the coverage of this subsection, and not more than 1% of the total assets of the permanent reserve fund, permanent trust fund or other permanent fund being invested may be invested in securities of any one such association or corporation;   [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).] 3.  Small business investment companies.  The stock of small business investment companies licensed under the United States Small Business Investment Act of 1958, as amended, and commercially domiciled in Maine and doing business primarily in Maine. Not more than 1% of the total assets of the permanent reserve fund, permanent trust fund or other permanent fund being invested may be invested in the stock of small business investment companies and any such fund shall not be invested in more than 10% of the stock of any one small business investment company; and   [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).] 4.  Maine Capital Corporation.  The stock of the Maine Capital Corporation, established under Title 10, chapter 108, in an amount not to exceed 1% of the total assets of the permanent reserve fund, permanent trust fund or other permanent fund being invested.   [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD).
30-A ME Rev Stat § 5716 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES|Part 2: MUNICIPALITIES|Subpart 9: FISCAL MATTERS|Chapter 223: MUNICIPAL FINANCES|Subchapter 3-A: MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS|Article 2: INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES|30-A §5716. Other prudent securities

 §5716. Other prudent securities Municipalities may invest in such securities as the municipal officers consider to be sound, prudent investments, the making of which would not otherwise be legal but for this section. Not more than 10% of the total assets of the permanent reserve fund, permanent trust fund or other permanent fund being invested may be invested in securities within the coverage of this section and investments in the stock of the State's financial institutions shall not be considered within this section. This section does not limit the authority of municipalities to invest in securities specifically regulated by this article; rather, this section gives additional authority to invest 10% in any type of prudent security.   [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD).
30-A ME Rev Stat § 5717 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES|Part 2: MUNICIPALITIES|Subpart 9: FISCAL MATTERS|Chapter 223: MUNICIPAL FINANCES|Subchapter 3-A: MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS|Article 2: INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES|30-A §5717. Retention of unauthorized securities

 §5717. Retention of unauthorized securities Municipalities may acquire and hold securities not authorized by law, but which have been acquired in settlements, reorganizations, recapitalizations, mergers, consolidations, by receipt of stock dividends or the exercise of rights applicable to securities held by the municipalities and may continue to hold these securities at the discretion of the municipal officers. Municipalities may continue to hold at the discretion of the municipal officers securities under authorization of law.   [PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. C, §106 (NEW); PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD); PL 1989, c. 104, Pt. C, §§8, 10 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1987, c. 737, §§A2,C106 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,10 (AMD).
30-A ME Rev Stat § 5718 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES|Part 2: MUNICIPALITIES|Subpart 9: FISCAL MATTERS|Chapter 223: MUNICIPAL FINANCES|Subchapter 3-A: MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS|Article 2: INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES|30-A §5718. Standard of prudence

 §5718. Standard of prudence All investments made under this subchapter must be made with the judgment and care that persons of prudence, discretion and intelligence, under circumstances then prevailing, exercise in the management of their own affairs, not for speculation but for investment, considering:   [PL 1995, c. 206, §2 (NEW).]1.  Safety.  The safety of principal and preservation of capital in the overall portfolio;   [PL 1995, c. 206, §2 (NEW).] 2.  Maintenance of liquidity.  Maintenance of sufficient liquidity to meet all operating and other cash requirements with which a fund is charged that are reasonably anticipated; and   [PL 1995, c. 206, §2 (NEW).] 3.  Income.  The income to be derived throughout budgetary and economic cycles, taking into account prudent investment risk constraints and the cash-flow characteristics of the portfolio.   [PL 1995, c. 206, §2 (NEW).] This standard must be applied to the overall investment portfolio of the municipality and not to individual items within a diversified portfolio.   [PL 1995, c. 206, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 206, §2 (NEW).
30-A ME Rev Stat § 5719 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 30-A: MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES|Part 2: MUNICIPALITIES|Subpart 9: FISCAL MATTERS|Chapter 223: MUNICIPAL FINANCES|Subchapter 3-A: MUNICIPAL INVESTMENTS|Article 2: INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES|30-A §5719. Limitations on investments

 §5719. Limitations on investments A municipality's authority to invest municipal funds is limited to investments permitted under this subchapter and a municipality has no authority under home rule authority or otherwise to make any investments other than those permitted under this subchapter.   [PL 1995, c. 206, §2 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 206, §2 (NEW).
MS Code § 1-3-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-1. Application of chapter

 This chapter is applicable to every statute unless its general object, or the context of language construed, or other provisions of law indicate that a different meaning or application was intended from that required by this chapter.
MS Code § 1-3-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-3. Bond

 The term "bond," when used in any statute, shall embrace every written undertaking for the payment of money or acknowledgment of being bound for money, conditioned to be void on the performance of any duty or the occurrence of any thing therein expressed and subscribed, and delivered by the party making it, to take effect as his obligation, whether it be sealed or unsealed.
MS Code § 1-3-4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-4. Capital case, capital offense, capital crime, and capital murder

 The terms "capital case," "capital cases," "capital offense," "capital offenses," and "capital crime" when used in any statute shall denote criminal cases, offenses and crimes punishable by death or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary. The term "capital murder" when used in any statute shall denote criminal cases, offenses and crimes punishable by death, or imprisonment for life in the state penitentiary.
MS Code § 1-3-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-5. Crime

 The term "crime," when used in any statute, shall mean any violation of law liable to punishment by criminal prosecution.
MS Code § 1-3-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-7. Drugs

 The term "drugs," when used in any statute, shall embrace all medicines for internal or external use for man or beast.
MS Code § 1-3-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-9. Established

 The term "established" or "hereafter established" when used in any legislative act or municipal ordinance or resolution shall mean with reference to time the date at which the plant, building or structure referred to has progressed to that degree of completion as to be ready for the use intended.
MS Code § 1-3-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-11. Felony

 The term "felony," when used in any statute, shall mean any violation of law punished with death or confinement in the penitentiary.
MS Code § 1-3-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-13. Fertilizers

 All substances, chemicals and compounds commonly known as commercial fertilizers, and all manures, whether natural or artificial products, except animal excrement, cotton seed, and unmixed cotton seed products.
MS Code § 1-3-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-15. Food

 The term "food," when used in any statute, shall embrace every article used as food or drink by man.
MS Code § 1-3-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-17. Gender, masculine to embrace the feminine

 Words in the masculine gender shall embrace a female as well as a male, unless a contrary intention may be manifest.
MS Code § 1-3-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-19. Infamous crime

 The term "infamous crime," when used in any statute, shall mean offenses punished with death or confinement in the penitentiary.
MS Code § 1-3-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-21. Infant

 The term "infant," when used in any statute, shall include any person, male or female, under twenty-one years of age.
MS Code § 1-3-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-23. Insurrection

 The term "insurrection," when used in any statute, means an armed assembly of persons having intent to resist or subvert lawful authority.
MS Code § 1-3-24 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-24. Intellectual disability

 The term "intellectual disability," when used in any statute, means a disability characterized by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, originates before the age of eighteen (18) years, and refers to persons who were, are and continue to be diagnosed with mental retardation.
MS Code § 1-3-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-25. Land

 The term "land," when used in any statute, shall include all corporeal hereditaments whatever, and any interest therein, whether an estate for years or a different estate.
MS Code § 1-3-26 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-26. Minimum education program, minimum program, minimum foundation program

 Wherever the phrase "minimum education program," "minimum program" or "minimum foundation program" shall appear in the laws of this state, it shall be construed to mean the "Mississippi Adequate Education Program" created under Section 37-151-1 et seq.
MS Code § 1-3-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-27. Minor

 The term "minor," when used in any statute, shall include any person, male or female, under twenty-one years of age.
MS Code § 1-3-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-29. Month

 The term "month," when used in any statute, means a calendar month, unless a contrary intention be expressed.
MS Code § 1-3-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-31. Navigable waters

 Except as otherwise provided in Section 27-109-1, all rivers, creeks and bayous in this state, twenty-five (25) miles in length, and having sufficient depth and width of water for thirty (30) consecutive days in the year to float a steamboat with carrying capacity of two hundred (200) bales of cotton, are navigable waters of this state and public highways.
MS Code § 1-3-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-33. Number, singular and plural

 Words used in the singular number only, either as descriptive of persons or things, shall extend to and embrace the plural number; and words used in the plural number shall extend to and embrace the singular number, except where a contrary intention is manifest.
MS Code § 1-3-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-35. Oath

 The term "oath," when used in any statute, shall include the word "affirmation," in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath.
MS Code § 1-3-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-37. Offense

 The term "offense," when used in any statute, shall mean any violation of law liable to punishment by criminal prosecution.
MS Code § 1-3-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-39. Person

 The term "person," when used in any statute, shall apply to artificial as well as natural persons; and when used to designate the party whose property may be the subject of offense, shall include the United States, this state, or any other state, territory, or country, and any county, city, town or village which may lawfully own property in this state; also all public and private corporations, as well as individuals.
MS Code § 1-3-41 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-41. Personal property

 The term "personal property," when used in any statute, means all tangible and intangible personal property and shall include cash, goods, deposit accounts, chattels, effects, evidences of rights of action, and all written instruments, including promissory notes, by which any pecuniary obligation, or any right, title, or interest in any real or personal estate, shall be created, acknowledged, transferred, incurred, defeated, discharged, or diminished.
MS Code § 1-3-43 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-43. Promissory note

 Every promise in writing whereby any person, firm or body politic or corporate promises or agrees to pay a sum of money or acknowledges the same to be due.
MS Code § 1-3-45 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-45. Property

 The term "property," when used in any statute, includes personal property as defined in Section 1-3-41 and also every estate, interest, and right, in lands, tenements, and hereditaments.
MS Code § 1-3-47 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-47. Railroad

 Every person, firm, association of persons or company, whether incorporated or not, who shall own or operate a railroad as a common carrier.
MS Code § 1-3-49 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-49. State

 The term "state," when applied to different parts of the United States, shall, when used in any statute, extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories created or recognized by congress.
MS Code § 1-3-51 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-51. Stationery

 The term "stationery," as applied to purchases for the state, includes everything properly so called.
MS Code § 1-3-53 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-53. Sworn

 The term "sworn," when used in any statute, shall include the word "affirmed," in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath.
MS Code § 1-3-55 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-55. United States

 The term "United States," when used in any statute, shall include the District of Columbia and the territories, as well as the states of the union.
MS Code § 1-3-57 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-57. Unsound mind

 The term "unsound mind," when used in any statute in reference to persons, shall include persons with an intellectual disability, persons with mental illness, and persons non compos mentis.
MS Code § 1-3-58 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-58. Ward

 Whenever the term "ward" is used, it shall be liberally construed and held to include any and all persons under every form of legal disability, including, but not limited to, the disabilities of minority, intellectual disability, mental illness, unsound mind, alcoholism, addiction to drugs, and convicted felons.
MS Code § 1-3-59 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-59. Will

 The term "will," when used in any statute, shall include codicils.
MS Code § 1-3-61 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-61. Written

 The term "written," when used in any statute, may include, but is not limited to, printing, engraving, and lithographing. In all cases where the signature of any person is required by law, it shall always be the proper handwriting of such person, or, in case he be unable to write, his proper mark, unless a different form of legal signature is specified in another statute.
MS Code § 1-3-63 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-63. Year

 The term "year," when used in any statute, means a calendar year, unless a contrary intention be expressed.
MS Code § 1-3-65 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 1 - Laws and Statutes|Chapter 3 - Construction of Statutes|§ 1-3-65. Construction of terms generally

 All words and phrases contained in the statutes are used according to their common and ordinary acceptation and meaning; but technical words and phrases according to their technical meaning.