Criminal Injuries Compensation Board v. Remson

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• while statutes of a remedial nature “are to be liberally construed with a view toward the effective administration of justice[,] ... they are not to be given such a construction as will defeat or frustrate the legislative intention”
• “Affinity is relationship by marriage. It is the connection between a spouse and the blood relatives of the other spouse.. .. [T]he meaning of affinity as the tie between one spouse and the blood relatives of the other spouse is the overwhelming view throughout the country.”

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