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La. Rev. Stat. § 1:7 (2026)
Words used in the singular number include the plural and the plural includes the singular.
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§7. Singular may denote plural
Words used in the singular number include the plural and the plural includes the singular.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 14
cases, 1985–2015 · leading case: Justin Hodges v. Amy Hodges, 181 So. 3d 700 (La. 2015).
Justin Hodges v. Amy Hodges, 181 So. 3d 700 (La. 2015). “R.S. 1:7), that rule does not necessarily hold true for specialized terms in the law.”
Fontenot v. Reddell Vidrine Water Dist., 836 So. 2d 14 (La. 2003). “§ 1:7; see also LA. CIV.CODE ANN. art. 3506(2) (stating that "[t]he singular is often employed to designate several persons or things.”
State v. Shaw, 969 So. 2d 1233 (La. 2007). “" LSA-R.S. 1:7. [7] As we noted in Johnson, an accused becomes a recidivist at the time he commits a subsequent crime, whether or not he has previously been exposed to sentencing as a multiple offender.”
State v. Williams, 480 So. 2d 721 (La. 1985). “R.S. 1:7, which provides that "(w)ords used in the singular number include the plural".”
St. Martin v. State, 25 So. 3d 736 (La. 2009). “LSA-R.S. 1:7 provides, relative to interpretation of the revised statutes, that ”[w]ords used in the singular number include the plural and the plural includes the singular.”
Lewis v. Texaco Expl. Prod. Co., 698 So. 2d 1001 (La. Ct. App. 1997). “LSA-R.S. 1:7 and 8. Nor has the jurisprudence established any specific requirements for the sufficiency of that notice.”
State v. Kujawa, 929 So. 2d 99 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “R.S. 1:7. For example, paragraph C of La.”
State v. Fussell, 941 So. 2d 109 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “R.S. 1:7. For example, paragraph C of La.”
Chevron USA, Inc. v. Vermillion Par. Sch. Bd., 128 F. Supp. 2d 961 (W.D. La. 2001). “The use of the word ‘he’ in 31:137 is not indicative of any legislative intent that each individual lessor provide such notice.”
Chevron USA, Inc. v. Vermilion Par. Sch. Bd., 364 F.3d 607 (5th Cir. 2004). “31:137 is not indicative of any legislative intent that each individual lessor provide such notice.”
Justin Hodges v. Amy Hodges (La. 2015). “R.S. 1:7), that rule does not necessarily hold true for specialized terms in the law.”
Baldone v. Terrebonne Par. Registrar of Voters, 182 So. 3d 1005 (La. Ct. App. 2015). “R.S. 1:7, the term party, as used in La. R.”
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