Bouldin v. Bexar County Sheriff's Civil Service Commission

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• instructing that words in a statute have their ordinary meaning unless the statute defines them or they are connected with or used with reference to a particular trade or subject matter or are a term of art
• providing that undefined statutory terms should be construed consistently with common usage
• providing that undefined statutory terms should be construed consistently with common usage
• where codified statute is unambiguous, plain-meaning rule applies even if codification is inconsistent with its statutory predecessor
• where codified statute is unambiguous, plain-meaning rule applies even if codification is inconsistent with its statutory predecessor
• defining “final decision” as final judgment

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