GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW CHAPTER 22 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS Article 1. Short title (§ 1). 2. Meaning of terms (§§ 10-58). 3. Ancient statutes and resolutions (§§ 70-72). 6. Effect of consolidated laws (§§ 100, 101). 7. Application of chapter (§ 110). 8. Laws repealed; when to take effect (§§ 120, 121). § 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "General Construction Law." This section was Statutory Construction Law, L. 1892, ch. 677, § 1 pt. The report of the Board of Statutory Consolidation (1907), page 2151, has the following note relating to this section: "The reason for the change in the name of this chapter appears in the preceding general note. The omitted portion of this section has been made section 110 of the General Construction Law." In connection with this chapter, the investigator should constantly consult the article "Statutes and Statutory Construction," Book 1. Scope. This chapter prescribes general rules laid down by the legislature for the construction of every statute, subject to certain clearly defined exceptions. People v. New York Cent., etc., R. Co., (1898) 156 N. Y. 570, 51 N. E. 312, reversing 25 App. Div. 632, 50 N. Y. S. 1132. As to application of this chapter to every statute, see section 110, infra, and notes thereunder. The Statutory Construction Law was chapter 1 of the "General Laws," being L. 1892, ch. 677. The name has been changed to General Construction Law. See consolidators' note, supra. Sections 1-9 of the Statutory Construction Law of 1892 are covered by the General Construction Law of 1909. See infra, p. 94. 3 L. 1909, ch. 27 Meaning of Terms ARTICLE 2. MEANING OF TERMS Section 10. Acknowledge and acknowledgment. 11. Acknowledgment or proof of instrument. 13. Adjournment of meeting. 14. Bond and undertaking. 15. Chattels, 16. Choose. 17. Civil code and criminal code. 18. Consolidated laws. 19. Day, calendar. 20. Day, computation. 21. Folio. 22. Gender. 23. Heretofore and hereafter. 24. Holidays; half-holiday. 25. Holiday in contractual obligations. 26. Judge. 27. Last, preceding, next and following. 28. Lunatic and lunacy. 29. Men. 30. Month, computation. 31. Month in statute, contract and public or private instrument. 32. Municipal officers. 33. Notice. 34. Now. 35. Number, singular and plural. 36. Oath, affidavit and swear. 37. Person. 38. Property. 39. Property, personal. 40. Property, real. 41. Quorum and majority. 42. Register of county. 43. Seal of court, public officer or corporation. L. 1909, ch. 27 Meaning of Terms Section 45. Seal, private as corporate seal. 46. Signature. 47. State. 48. Tense, present. 49. Territory. 50. Time, computation. 51. Time, night. 52. Time, standard. 53. Time, use of standard. 55. Women. 56. Writing and written. 57. Year, common and leap. 58. Year in statute, contract and public or private instrument. ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS The following is a list of other important words and phrases defined in the Consolidated Laws, with the exception of those contained in the Penal Law, which, for obvious reasons, are not here listed. Action - General Business Law, § 142; Negotiable Instruments Law, § 2. Adoption Domestic Relations Law, § 110. Alteration — Workmen's Compensation Law, § 3 Angling Civil Service Law, § 2. Armory - Military Law, § 193. Art productions - General City Law, § 120. Assessors Village Law, § 100. Association-Liquor Tax Law, § 2. Second Class Cities Law, § 245. Second Class Cities Law, § 245. Average flow Conservation Law, § 430. Average normal flow Conservation Law, § 430. Ballot label-Election Law, § 420. Bank - Banking Law, § 2; Negotiable Instruments Law, § 2. Black bass Conservation Law, § 380. Board Conservation Law, § 430; Public Health Law, §§ 160, 190, 210; State Charities Law, § 300. Board of education Education Law, § 2. Board of elections - Election Law, § 3. Banking Law, § 2. Burial - Membership Corporations Law, § 60. Business of a corporation-General Corporation Law, § 3. Butter Agricultural Law, § 30. Butterine Agricultural Law, § 30. - Tenement House Law, § 2. Cemetery corporation - Membership Corporations Law, § 60. Certificate of incorporation - General Corporation Law, § 3. Charitable institutions - State Charities Law, § 2. Chauffeur Highway Law, § 281. Cheese Agricultural Law, § 30. Child Workmen's Compensation Law, § 3. Child of compulsory school age- Education Law, § 2. Commission Civil Service Law, § 2; Highway Law, § 2; Conservation Law, §§ 2, 380; Insanity Law, § 2; Public Service Commissions Law, § 2; Workmen's Compensation Law, § 3. Commissioner - Conservation Law, § 2; Education Law, § 2; Public Service Commissions Law, § 2. Commissioners of highways Highway Law, § 2. Committee-Election Law, §§ 3, 21. Common carrier Public Service Commissions Law, § 2. Commutation - Prison Law, § 230. Company Second Class Cities Law, § 245. Compensation - Workmen's Compensation Law, § 3. Concentrated commercial feeding stuffs - Agricultural Law, § 160. Conditioned vendee Personal Property Law, § 60. Personal Property Law, § 60. Conservation commission Conservation Law, § 430. Construction Workmen's Compensation Law, § 3. Contractor - Lien Law, § 2. Co-operative loan association - Banking Law, § 2. Corporations General Corporation Law, § 3. Insurance Law, § 63; Public Service Commissions Law, § 2; Second Class Cities Law, § 245. |