What is the test for determining the meaning of a section of the California Statutory Code of Civil Procedure?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cardenas v. M. Fanaian, D.D.S., Inc., 194 Cal.Rptr.3d 1, 240 Cal.App.4th 1167 (Cal. App. 2015):
The starting point for ascertaining legislative intent always begins with the plain language of the statute. Courts are obligated to ascribe the ordinary and usual meaning to statutory language (People v. Watson(2007) 42 Cal.4th 822, 828, 68 Cal.Rptr.3d 769, 171 P.3d 1101;
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