What is the test for determining the meaning of a statute's terms?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Ajtun, B291125 (Cal. App. 2020):
But where a statute's terms are unclear or ambiguous, we may 'look to a variety of extrinsic aids, including the ostensible objects to be achieved, the evils to be remedied, the legislative history, public policy, contemporaneous administrative construction, and the statutory scheme of which the statute is a part.'"'" (People v. Scott (2014) 58 Cal.4th 1415, 1421; accord, People v. White (2017) 2 Cal.5th 349, 354.)
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