Rules of Usage. In this Agreement, unless a clear intention appears otherwise: (a) the singular number includes the plural number and vice versa; (b) 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; (c) reference to any gender includes each other gender; (d) 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; (e) 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; (f) ”hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto,” and words of similar import shall be deemed references to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or other provision hereof; (g) ”including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term; (h) ”or” is used in the inclusive sense of “and/or”; (i) with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”; (j) references to documents, instruments or agreements shall be deemed to refer as well to all addenda, schedules or amendments thereto; and (k) section references shall be deemed to refer to all subsections thereof, unless otherwise expressly indicated.
Rules of Usage. The following rules of usage shall apply to this Appendix A and the Operative Agreements (and each appendix, schedule, exhibit and annex to the foregoing) unless otherwise required by the context or unless otherwise defined therein:
(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided, any definitions set forth herein or in any other document shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided, references in any document to articles, sections, paragraphs, clauses, annexes, appendices, schedules or exhibits are references to articles, sections, paragraphs, clauses, annexes, appendices, schedules or exhibits in or to such document.
(c) The headings, subheadings and table of contents used in any document are solely for convenience of reference and shall not constitute a part of any such document nor shall they affect the meaning, construction or effect of any provision thereof.
(d) References to any Person shall include such Person, its successors, permitted assigns and permitted transferees.
(e) Except as otherwise expressly provided, reference to any agreement means such agreement as amended, modified, extended, supplemented, restated and/or replaced from time to time in accordance with the applicable provisions thereof.
(f) Except as otherwise expressly provided, references to any law includes any amendment or modification to such law and any rules or regulations issued thereunder or any law enacted in substitution or replacement therefor.
(g) When used in any document, words such as "hereunder", "hereto", "hereof" and "herein" and other words of like import shall, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary, refer to the whole of the applicable document and not to any particular article, section, subsection, paragraph or clause thereof.
Rules of Usage. The following rules of usage shall apply to this Deed of Trust unless otherwise required by the context:
(a) Singular words shall connote the plural as well as the singular, and vice versa, as may be appropriate.
(b) The words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and words of similar import appearing in each such document shall be construed to refer to such document as a whole and not to any particular section, paragraph or other subpart thereof unless expressly so stated.
(c) References to any Person shall include such Person and its successors and permitted assigns.
(d) Each of the parties hereto and their counsel have reviewed and revised, or requested revisions to, such documents, and the usual rule of construction that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall be inapplicable in the construction and interpretation of such documents and any amendments or exhibits thereto.
(e) Unless an express provision requires otherwise, each reference to "the Trust Property" shall be deemed a reference to "the Trust Property or any part thereof", and each reference to "Secured Property" shall be deemed a reference to "the Secured Property or any part thereof".
Rules of Usage. Homeowner agrees to assume 100% responsibility for their conduct and the conduct of all guests.
Rules of Usage. Decorations may be used; however, no items may be attached to the walls, woodwork, windows, tables or any surfaces. Use of tape, staples, a staple gun, push pins, tacks, command strips, nails, glitter, birdseed, rice, silly string, bubbles, water balloons, or confetti are strictly prohibited in the amenity and parking areas. If Balloons are used all balloons, string etc… must be removed.
Rules of Usage. The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms. Unless otherwise inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, and all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the USA. The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in an agreement or instrument refer to such agreement or instrument as a whole and not to any particular provision or subdivision thereof; references in an agreement or instrument to “Article,” “Section” or another subdivision or to an attachment are, unless the context otherwise requires, to an article, section or subdivision of or an attachment to such agreement or instrument; and the term “including” and its variations means “including without limitation.” Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to below or in any agreement or instrument that is governed by this Article I means such agreement or instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or consent and (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor statutes and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein. References to a Person are also to its permitted successors and assigns.
Rules of Usage. (a) All terms defined in this Schedule A and this Contribution Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto. The meanings below are equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
(b) As used herein and in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, accounting terms not defined in this Schedule A and this Contribution Agreement, and accounting terms partly defined in this Schedule A and this Contribution Agreement to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.
(c) The word "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used in this Contribution Agreement shall refer to this Contribution Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Contribution Agreement, and section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Contribution Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(d) References to agreements defined herein shall include such agreements as they may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
(e) Terms defined in this Contribution Agreement by reference to any other agreement, document or instrument shall have the meanings assigned to them in such agreement, document or instrument whether or not such agreement, document or instrument is then in effect.
(f) The words "include" and "including" and words of similar import when used in this Contribution Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation."
(g) References to statutes or regulations are to be construed as including all statutory or regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing the statute or regulation referred to.
(h) Reference to consents that will not be unreasonably withheld shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(i) The words "sole and absolute discretion" when used in the Contribution Agreement shall mean that the Person entitled to use its "sole and absolute discretion" shall not be obligated to act reasonably or in accordance with any covenant of good faith or fair dealing or similar standard, whether express or implied.
Rules of Usage i. Sick Leave Bank benefits shall be used for the personal illness, quarantine, or disability of the member only. Each use of the Sick Leave Bank must be supported by a written request for its use from the Sick Leave Bank member and must be accompanied by a physician's statement substantiating the absence, indicating the nature of the illness, and giving a prognosis for the member's return to work. The School Corporation may at its own expense require that a member who wishes to draw or continue to draw from the Sick Leave Bank have a physical examination form a licensed physician of the Corporation's choice once every six (6) weeks in order to determine the member's eligibility.
ii. An individual member who wishes to use the Sick Leave Bank must wait at least six (6) days without pay before use of the Sick Leave Bank will be authorized; these days are not reclaimable from the Sick Leave Bank.
iii. The Committee on a first come-first serve basis shall review applications for Sick Leave Bank usage. In addition, several people may draw on the Sick Leave Bank simultaneously, even though the result may be total exhaustion of the Sick Leave Bank before any or all such persons recover from their illnesses. A teacher shall not be awarded with more than thirty- five (35) days per school year from the Sick Leave Bank.
iv. Days taken from the Sick Leave Bank shall apply only to those days for which a bargaining unit member would receive pay if the member were not under disability.
v. Sick Leave Bank benefits shall not be paid for any day for which the bargaining unit member takes any other type of leave or attempts to combine fringe benefits (including, but not limited to, any Long-Term Disability Insurance Benefit or Workers Compensation benefits), if such taking of leave or combination of benefits would operate in a manner such that the bargaining unit member would, should Sick Leave Bank benefits be paid, draw "double" or otherwise increase pay for the day.
vi. Sick Leave Bank days may be used for any regular contracted days but shall, in no event, be used for or during summer school employment.
vii. Leave from the Sick Leave Bank may not be used for maternity or childbirth insofar as such leaves reflect accommodations made for the sake of convenience or in connection with statutory law unconnected with substantial and actual medical disability. However, Sick Leave Bank days may be used for any actual, medically determined physical or mental disability arising ou...
Rules of Usage. The Parties hereby agree that the following rules of usage shall apply to this Contract unless otherwise required by the context or unless otherwise specified:
Rules of Usage. The definitions stated herein shall equally apply to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Any agreement defined or referred to means such agreement as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, and includes all exhibits, supplements and appendices thereto. Any Person defined or referred to includes such Person’s successors, permitted transferees and assigns. The word “including” is deemed to be followed by “without limitation,” whether or not such words appear. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the applicable Supplement hereto.
