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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 219 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1964 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2003, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP0353\">353<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1508853,"object_type":"law","relational_id":377885,"identifier":"8.1A-106","token":"8.1A\/1\/8.1A-106","url":"\/8.1A-106\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.1A-106\/","token":"8.1A\/1\/8.1A-106","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of singular and plural; gender","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.1A-106","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In the Uniform Commercial Code, unless the statutory context otherwise requires:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural include the singular; and <a id=\"paragraph-1409427\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.1A-106\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> words of any gender also refer to any other gender. <a id=\"paragraph-1409428\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/8.1A-106\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF SINGULAR AND PLURAL; GENDER (\u00a7 8.1A-106)\n\nIn the Uniform Commercial Code, unless the statutory context otherwise requires:\n\n1. words in the singular number include the plural, and those in the plural\ninclude the singular; and\n\n2. words of any gender also refer to any other gender.\n\nHISTORY: 1964, c. 219, \u00a7 8.1-102; 2003, c. 353.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}