Chapter 1 — SCOPE AND ADMINISTRATION
Section 201
California Fire Code (Title 24, Part 9) · 2019 edition · updated 2026-09-10 · California
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201.1 Scope.¶
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and terms shall, for the purposes of this code, have the meanings shown in this chapter.
201.2 Interchangeability. Words used in the present tense¶
include the future; words stated in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural and the plural, the singular.
201.3 Terms defined in other codes. Where terms are not¶
defined in this code and are defined in the California Build- ing Code, California Mechanical Code or California Plumb- ing Code, such terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as in those codes.
201.4 Terms not defined. Where terms are not defined¶
through the methods authorized by this section, such terms shall have ordinarily accepted meanings such as the context implies. Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edi- tion, shall be considered as providing ordinarily accepted meanings.
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