Words and terms; tense and number
Compiled text through Nov 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Nov 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
In construing the provisions of these regulations, except when otherwise plainly declared or clearly apparent from the context:
(a)Words in the present tense shall include the future tense.
(b)Words in the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular.