California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Verizon Bus. Network Servs. Inc. v. Cal. Dep't of Tax & Fee Admin., D072427 (Cal. App. 2018):
"Nonetheless, 'the "plain meaning" rule does not prohibit a court from determining whether the literal meaning of a statute comports with its purpose or whether such a construction of one provision is consistent with other provisions of the statute. The meaning of a statute may not be determined from a single word or sentence; the words must be construed in context, and provisions relating to the same subject matter must be harmonized to the extent possible. [Citation.]' (Lungren v. Deukmejian (1988) 45 Cal.3d 727, 735.) If a statute is susceptible to more than one reasonable interpretation, the court
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