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10.37.160
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Exact words need not be used.
Words used in a statute to define a crime need not be strictly pursued in the indictment or information, but other words conveying the same meaning may be used.
[
1891 c 28 s 28
; Code 1881 s 1013;
1873 p 226 s 196
;
1869 p 241 s 191
; RRS s 2064.]
