On Ejusdem Generis & Squirrels
by Jery Payne 1. Is Adam a Burglar? Adam worked at a truck shop. His duties included delivering clothes to the other workers’ lockers. Although it was possible to secure […]
Statutory Interpretation
Statutory Construction: Severing Statutes and Resolving Conflicts
Editor’s Note: This is the final article in a series of seven articles on statutory construction that LegiSource is reposting during the 2019 legislative interim. This article was originally posted […]
Statutory Construction: What was the General Assembly Thinking?
Editor’s Note: This is the sixth in a series of seven articles on statutory construction that LegiSource is reposting during the 2019 legislative interim. This article was originally posted February […]
Statutory Construction: Legislative Intent and the Presumptions Used to Interpret Statutes
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series of seven articles on statutory construction that LegiSource is reposting during the 2019 legislative interim. This article was originally posted July […]
Statutory Construction: Interpreting requirements for action by a public body, numbers, references to statutes, and introductory portions of statutes
Editor’s Note: This is the fourth in a series of seven articles on statutory construction that LegiSource is reposting during the 2019 legislative interim. This article was originally posted September […]