Construction Usage. (a) In this Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears: (i) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (ii) reference to any person includes such person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Agreement, and reference to a person in a particular capacity excludes such person in any other capacity or individually; (iii) reference to any gender includes each other gender; (iv) reference to any agreement, document, or instrument means such agreement, document, or instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof; (v) reference to any Law means such Law as amended, modified, codified, replaced, or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and reference to any section or other provision of any Law means that provision of such Law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement, or reenactment of such section or other provision;
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Samples: Merger Agreement (Heritage Commerce Corp), Merger Agreement (Heritage Commerce Corp), Merger Agreement (Heritage Commerce Corp)
Construction Usage. (a) In this Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention appears:
(i) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa;
(ii) reference to any person Person includes such personPerson’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Agreement, and reference to a person Person in a particular capacity excludes such person Person in any other capacity or individually;
(iii) reference to any gender includes each other gender;
(iv) reference to any agreement, document, document or instrument means such agreement, document, document or instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof;
(v) reference to any Law means such Law as amended, modified, codified, replaced, replaced or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and reference to any section or other provision of any Law means that provision of such Law from time to time in effect and constituting the substantive amendment, modification, codification, replacement, replacement or reenactment of such section or other provision;
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