Ohio Code § 1.59
Ohio Code § 1.59. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 1.59.
As used in any statute, unless another definition is provided in that statute or a
related statute: (A) “ Child ” includes child by adoption. (B) “ Oath ” includes affirmation, and “ swear ” includes affirm. (C) “ Person ” includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership,
and association. (D) “ Population ” means that shown by the most recent regular federal census. (E) “ Property ” means real and personal property. (F) “ Rule ” includes regulation. (G) “ State ,” when applied to a part of the United States, includes any state, district, commonwealth,
territory, insular possession thereof, and any area subject to the legislative authority
of the United States of America. “ This state ” or “the state ” means the state of Ohio. (H) “ United States ” includes all the states. (I) “ Will ” includes codicil. (J) “ Written ” or “ in writing ” includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision
does not affect any law relating to signatures. (K) “ Internet ” means the international computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable
packet switched data networks, including the graphical subnetwork known as the world
wide web.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 1.59
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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