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. 1. Sick leave bank benefits shall be used for the personal illness, quarantine, or disability of the member only, as permitted under IC 20-28-9- 13(concerning sick leave). 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 teacher's return to work. In lieu of accepting statements from the member's physician, 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 from time to time a physical examination from a licensed physician of the corporation's choice in order to determine the member's eligibility.
2. An individual who wishes to use the sick leave bank must exhaust his own accumulated sick days and then wait at least two (2) working sick days without pay before use of the sick leave bank will be authorized; these two days without pay are not reclaimable from the sick leave bank.
3. An individual member may be eligible for no more than thirty (30) sick leave bank's days during a single contract year. In addition, no teacher will be permitted to withdraw more than 90 sick leave days from the sick leave bank throughout his/her entire career with the Xxxxxxxx County Schools.
4. Applications for sick leave bank usage shall be treated on a first-come, first-serve basis. In addition, several people may draw on the sick leave bank simultaneously, even though the result may be a total exhaustion of the sick leave bank before any or all of such persons recover from their illnesses.
5. Days taken from the sick leave bank shall apply only to those days on which a teacher would receive pay if the teacher were not under disability.
6. Sick leave bank benefits shall not be paid for any day on which the teacher takes any type of leave or attempts to combine fringe benefits, if such taking of leave or combination of benefits would operate in a manner such that the teacher would, should sick leave bank benefits be paid, draw "double" or otherwise increased pay for any day.
7. The sick leave bank shall not operate in any manner such that any teacher receiving worker's compensation benefits receives either more or less than the teacher's regular pay, nor shall it operate in any other circumstances such that the teacher receives on behalf of any particular day either more or less than...
Rules of Usage. Homeowner agrees to assume 100% responsibility for conduct and personal belongings of himself and his guests
Rules of Usage. The terms defined below have the meanings set forth below for all purposes, and such meanings are equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
Rules of Usage. In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the singular shall include the plural and vice versa. The terms “include,” “includes” and “including” when used in the Contract Document shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” References to a Section or Appendix shall be a reference to a Section of or Appendix to this Agreement. Time periods expressed as a number of days shall mean calendar days, unless otherwise noted. Reference to a given agreement or instrument shall be a reference to that agreement or instrument as modified, amended, supplemented and restated through the date as of which such reference is made.