TITLE 73

GENERAL CODE PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1

CONSTRUCTION OF STATUTES

73-114.  Statutory terms defined. (1) Unless otherwise defined for purposes of a specific statute:

(a)  Words used in these compiled laws in the present tense, include the future as well as the present;

(b)  Words used in the masculine gender, include the feminine and neuter;

(c)  The singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular;

(d)  The word "person" includes a corporation as well as a natural person;

(e)  Writing includes printing;

(f)  Oath includes affirmation or declaration, and every mode of oral statement, under oath or affirmation, is embraced by the term "testify," and every written one in the term "depose";

(g)  Signature or subscription includes mark, when the person cannot write, his name being written near it, and witnessed by a person who writes his own name as a witness.

(2)  The following words have, in the compiled laws and rules and policies of the state of Idaho, the signification attached to them in this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context:

(a)  "Boy" means a minor human male.

(b)  "Father" means a male parent.

(c)  "Female" means an individual who has, had, will have, or, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, would have the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes eggs for fertilization.

(d)  "Gender," when used to refer to males, females, or the natural differences between males and females, shall be considered a synonym for "sex" and shall not be considered a synonym for gender identity, an internal sense of gender, experienced gender, gender expression, or gender role. This definition shall not apply when the term "gender" is used in conjunction with other words or as an adjective to modify other words.

(e)  "Girl" means a minor human female.

(f)  "Intellectual disability" means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning that is accompanied by significant limitations in adaptive functioning in at least two (2) of the following skill areas: communication, self-care, home living, social or interpersonal skills, use of community resources, self-direction, functional academic skills, work, leisure, health and safety. The onset of significantly subaverage general intelligence functioning and significant limitations in adaptive functioning must occur before age eighteen (18) years.

(g)  "Male" means an individual who has, had, will have, or, but for a developmental or genetic anomaly or historical accident, would have the reproductive system that at some point produces, transports, and utilizes sperm for fertilization.

(h)  "Month" means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed.

(i)  "Mother" means a female parent.

(j)  "Personal property" includes money, goods, chattels, things in action, evidences of debt and general intangibles as defined in the uniform commercial code — secured transactions.

(k)  "Property" includes both real and personal property.

(l)  "Real property" is coextensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments, possessory rights and claims.

(m)  "Registered mail" includes certified mail.

(n)  "Sex" means an individual’s biological sex, either male or female.

(o)  "State," when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories.

(p)  "Will" includes codicils.

(q)  "Writ" signifies an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the people, or of a court or judicial officer, and the word "process," a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings.

History:

[(73-114) C.C.P. 1881, sec. 13; R.S., sec. 16; reen. R.C., sec. 16; reen. C.L. 500:16; C.S., sec. 9456; reen. 1899, ch. 5, sec. 1, p. 147; reen. R.C., sec. 5149; reen. C.L. 500:16; C.S., sec. 9456; I.C.A., sec. 70-114; am. 1959, ch. 16, sec. 1, p. 36; am. 1967, ch. 272, sec. 31, p. 745; am. 2010, ch. 235, sec. 72, p. 607; am. 2024, ch. 322, sec. 2, p. 1063.]