What is the test for constructing a reasonable statute?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Babylon, 146 Cal.App.3d 386, 194 Cal.Rptr. 134 (Cal. App. 1983):
It is axiomatic that the construction of a statute which appears to be reasonable is to be preferred. Moreover we are constrained to construe statutes as to avoid absurd results. (Interinsurance Exchange v. Ohio Cas. Ins. Co. (1962) 58 Cal.2d 142, 153, 23 Cal.Rptr. 592, 373 P.2d 640.)
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