Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/4/1983

Commonwealth v. Galvin

Citations

446 N.E.2d 391
388 Mass. 326
1983 Mass. LEXIS 1296

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each clause of statute is to be examined with reference to every other clause so that all parts are construed as consistent with purpose of statute
“where the Legislature has employed specific language in one paragraph, but not in another, the language should not be implied where it is not present.”
“where the Legislature has employed specific language in one paragraph, but not in another, the language should not be implied where it is not present”
when a statute employs specific language in one portion, and excludes it in another, the language should not be implied where it is missing
“[W]here the Legislature has employed specific language in one paragraph, but not in another, the language should not be implied where it is not present”
“When the meaning of any particular section or clause of a statute is questioned, it is proper... to look into the other parts of the statute”

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Judges: Abrams, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor

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