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Wash. Rev. Code § 46.04.010 (2026)

Scope and construction of terms

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Terms used in this title shall have the meaning given to them in this chapter except where otherwise defined, and unless where used the context thereof shall clearly indicate to the contrary.
Words and phrases used herein in the past, present or future tense shall include the past, present and future tenses; words and phrases used herein in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders; and words and phrases used herein in the singular or plural shall include the singular and plural; unless the context thereof shall indicate to the contrary.
[ 1961 c 12 s 46.04.010. Prior: 1959 c 49 s 2; prior: (i) 1943 c 153 s 1, part; 1937 c 188 s 1, part; Rem. Supp. 1943 s 6312-1, part; 1923 c 181 s 1, part; 1921 c 96 s 2, part; 1919 c 59 s 1, part; 1917 c 155 s 1, part; 1915 c 142 s 2, part; RRS s 6313, part. (ii) 1937 c 189 s 1, part; RRS s 6360-1, part; 1929 c 180 s 1, part; 1927 c 309 s 2, part; RRS s 6362-2, part.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2025 · leading case: Quinn v. Cherry Lane Auto Plaza, Inc., 225 P.3d 266 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009).
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Quinn v. Cherry Lane Auto Plaza, Inc., 225 P.3d 266 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). “560 (emphasis added). Included in the definition of “person” is “every natural person,- firm, copartnership, corporation, association, or organization.”
McLaughlin v. Travelers Com. Ins. Co., 476 P.3d 1032 (Wash. 2020). “04 RCW contains definitions for use within that title, as expressly stated in RCW 46.04.010, “Terms used in this title shall have the meaning given to them in this chapter except where otherwise defined, and unless where used the context thereof shall clearly indicate to the…”
State v. Refuerzo, 7 P.3d 847 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000). “010 ("Terms used in this title shall have the meaning given to them in this chapter except where otherwise defined, and unless where used the context thereof shall clearly indicate to the contrary."). [8] RCW 46.08.065(1) provides: It shall be unlawful for any public officer…”
State v. Refuerzo, 102 Wash. App. 341 (Wash. Ct. App. 2000). “010 (“Terms used in this title shall have the meaning given to them in this chapter except where otherwise defined, and unless where used the context thereof shall clearly indicate to the contrary.”). RCW 46.08.065(1) provides: It is unlawful for any public officer having charge…”
Flavorland Indus., Inc. v. Schumacker, 647 P.2d 1062 (Wash. Ct. App. 1982). “RCW 46.04.010 provides the terms used in RCW Title 46 shall have the meaning given to them in that chapter.”
Clayton v. Grange Ins. Ass'n., 875 P.2d 1246 (Wash. Ct. App. 1994). “There are no words of limitation which suggest they cannot also control in other contexts. The ultimate holding of Sperry, 48 Wn.”
State v. Wagner, 984 P.2d 425 (Wash. Ct. App. 1999). “5 RCW 46.04.010. 6 Compare RCW 9A.44.040, .”
Bender v. USAA Gen. Indem. Co. (W.D. Wash. 2025). “See RCW 46.04.010 (“Terms used in this title shall have the meaning given to them in 11 this chapter”) (emphasis added).”
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