What is the "plain, ordinary meaning" of a section of the California Civil Code?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lopez v. Tulare Joint Union High School Dist., 34 Cal.App.4th 1302, 40 Cal.Rptr.2d 762 (Cal. App. 1995):
(1) The language is given its plain, ordinary meaning. If the meaning is without ambiguity or uncertainty, the language controls, and no further interpretation is needed. (Lungren v. Deukmejian (1988) 45 Cal.3d 727, 735, 248 Cal.Rptr. 115, 755 P.2d 299.)
(2) If the meaning is not clear, the legislative history of the statute and the historical
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(3) If the first two steps fail to reveal clear meaning, we apply reason, practicality and common sense to the language. (Lampley v. Alvares (1975) 50 Cal.App.3d 124, 128-129, 123 Cal.Rptr. 181.)
Plain, Ordinary Meaning
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