California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Fishman v. Fishman, 117 Cal.App.3d 815, 173 Cal.Rptr. 59 (Cal. App. 1981):
" ' "(I)n construing a statute the courts may consider the consequences that might flow from a particular interpretation. They will construe a statute with a view to promoting rather than to defeating its general purpose and the policy behind it. " ' " (City of Costa Mesa v. McKenzie (1973) 30 Cal.App.3d 763, 770, 106 Cal.Rptr. 569.)
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