The following rules apply in this code: (1) The present tense includes the future as well as the present. (2) Words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter. (3) The singular includes the plural and the plural the singular.
General Definitional Rules -- Verb Tense, Gender, And Number
Mont. Code Ann. § 1-2-105, under General Provisions.
Mont. Code Ann. § 1-2-105