Does a word in a statute have to be given ordinary meaning?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Church of Scientology of California v. U.S. Dept. of Justice, 612 F.2d 417 (9th Cir. 1979):
10 Words used in a statute are to be given their ordinary meaning in the absence of persuasive reasons to the contrary. Banks v. Chicago Grain Trimmers, 390 U.S. 459, 465, 88 S.Ct. 1140, 20 L.Ed.2d 30 (1968); Accord Trans Alaska Pipeline Cases, 436 U.S. 631, 643, 98 S.Ct. 2053, 56 L.Ed.2d 591 (1978).
11 410 F.Supp. at 1302.
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