Harper v. Virginia Department of Taxation

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• holding that the word \may\ is permissive, importing discretion
• explaining that “the word ‘may’ is prima facie permissive, importing discretion . . .”
• noting that use of the word “may” in a statute usually denotes discretion
• observing that “the word ‘may’ -9- is prima facie permissive, importing discretion”
• “the word 'may’ is prima facie permissive, importing discretion”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).