Except where otherwise provided for where such a construction would be unreasonable, the words “writing” and “paper,” wherever mentioned in this title, are to be taken to include instruments wholly in writing or wholly printed, or partly printed and partly in writing.

History

Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1336, ch. 854, § 904

Dec. 1, 1982, D.C. Law 4-164,§ 601(b), 29 DCR 3976

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 22-101.

1981 Ed., § 22-101.