Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 1
Laws in Force and Construction of Statutes
Section 1.090
August 28, 2008
Words and phrases, how construed.
1.090. Words and phrases shall be taken in their plain or
ordinary and usual sense, but technical words and phrases having
a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be understood
according to their technical import.
(RSMo 1939 § 655, A. 1949 S.B. 1001, A.L. 1957 p. 587)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 655; 1919 § 7058; 1909 § 8057
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