Section 600.02. Interpretive rules.

  In chs. 600 to 655 , unless the context indicates otherwise:

(1)  “Includes" means “including but not limited to".

(2)  Statements that a term “includes" or “excludes" something else are not definitions.

(3)  References in s. 600.03 to particular sections only indicate where a term is especially relevant, and do not limit its application to such sections.

1971 c. 260 ; 1979 c. 89 ; 1989 a. 187 s. 29 .