What is the meaning of a section of the Civil Code of Civil Procedure when it refers to "presumed to have meant what it said"?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Southcarolina (In re Southcarolina), C079500 (Cal. App. 2016):
presumed to have meant what it said," and it is not necessary to "resort to legislative history to determine the statute's true meaning." (People v. Cochran (2002) 28 Cal.4th 396, 400-401.)
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