What is the test for determining the meaning of "the meaning of the statute" in law?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. North (In re North), C079501 (Cal. App. 2016):

meant what it said," and it is not necessary to "resort to legislative history to determine the statute's true meaning." (People v. Cochran (2002) 28 Cal.4th 396, 400-401.)

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