What is the test for determining whether a section of legislation was intended to be interpreted in context?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Dunckhurst, 172 Cal.Rptr.3d 529 (Cal. App. 2014):
of the drafters so as to effectuate the purpose of the law. [Citation.] Because the statutory language is generally the most reliable indicator of legislative intent, we first examine the words themselves, giving them their usual and ordinary meaning and construing them in context. [Citation.]" ( Mejia v. Reed (2003) 31 Cal.4th 657, 663, 3 Cal.Rptr.3d 390, 74 P.3d 166.)
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