Does a statutory statutory term need to be defined in the "ordinary" meaning of a word?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Serrato, E063030 M/F, E063042, E063063 (Cal. App. 2016):
word, courts appropriately refer to the dictionary definition of that word" (construing statutory term)]; Scott v. Continental Ins. Co. (1996) 44 Cal.App.4th 24, 30 ["It is thus safe to say that the 'ordinary' sense of a word is to be found in its dictionary definition."].)
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