How have courts interpreted the meaning of the words "meaning and effect" and "substance" in the interpretation of a statute?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Roberts, 104 N.E.3d 701, 31 N.Y.3d 406, 79 N.Y.S.3d 597 (N.Y. 2018):
Turning to the first, "[w]e have recognized that meaning and effect should be given to every word of a statute and that an interpretation that renders words or clauses superfluous should be rejected" ( Mestecky v. City of New York, 30 N.Y.3d 239, 243, 66 N.Y.S.3d 207, 88 N.E.3d 365 [2017] [internal quotation marks omitted];
[104 N.E.3d 717]
[79 N.Y.S.3d 613]
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