Does a section of statutory construction need to be defined in the same language?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Zankich, 20 Cal.App.3d 971, 98 Cal.Rptr. 387 (Cal. App. 1971):
9 An affirmative specification as to one item may imply a negative specification as to another. (Martello v. Superior Court, 202 Cal. 400, 405, 261 P. 476, citing 1 Sutherland on Statutory Construction (2d ed.) 249.)
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