What is the test for determining whether a section of the California Statutory Code of Civil Procedure contains two distinct meanings?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Smith v. Rhea, 140 Cal.Rptr. 116, 72 Cal.App.3d 361 (Cal. App. 1977):
Where language is susceptible of more than one meaning, it is the duty of the courts to accept that intended by the framers of the legislation, so far as its intention can be ascertained. (Stillwell v. State Bar, 29 Cal.2d 119, 124, 173 P.2d 313.) To arrive at the legislative intent in the interpretation of statutes, the original purpose and object of the legislation must be considered.
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