Supreme Court of Colorado· 5/16/1988

Colorado Common Cause v. Meyer

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758 P.2d 153
12 Brief Times Rptr. 765
1988 Colo. LEXIS 92
1988 WL 47175

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\The word 'includes' has been found by the overwhelming majority of jurisdictions to be a term of extension or enlargement when used in a statutory definition.\
when the legislature employs the same words in different parts of a statute, then, absent any manifest indication to the contrary, the meaning attributed to the words in one part should be ascribed to the same words found elsewhere in the statute
“[W]hen, as here, the legislature employs the same words or phrases in different parts of a statute, . . . the meaning attributed to the words or phrases in one part of the statute should be ascribed to the same words or phrases found elsewhere in the statute.”

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Judges: Quinn

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