Section 21:2 Common Usage.
Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.
Source. GS 1:2. GL 1:2. PS 2:2. PL 2:2. RL 7:2.