Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. v. Burns

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• concluding that the legislature’s failure to give the statute a different meaning after it was construed by the court, despite ample opportunity to do so, amounts to legislative approval of the court’s construction
• concluding that the legislature's failure to give the statute a different meaning after it was construed by the court, despite ample opportunity to do so, amounts to legislative approval of the court's construction
• the title of an act may be referred to as an aid in construing a statute
• the title of an act may be referred to as an aid in construing a statute
• “the legislature has had abundant opportunity to give the statute a differing meaningt;] [i]ts failure to do so amounts to legislative approval of such judicial construction, giving it the effect of legislation”
• “the legislature has had abundant opportunity to give the statute a differing meaning[;] [i]ts failure to do so amounts to legislative approval of such judicial construction, giving it the effect of legislation”

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