In re Disbarment of Staton

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• stating that words and clauses must be read in context of the preceding and following words and phrases
• noting that a statute should be read in context and that terms grouped in a list should be given related meaning
• explaining that individual statutory provisions “must be read in context with the entire act, and the words and phrases used there must be assigned such meanings as are in harmony with the whole of the statute”
• invoking as a statutory interpretation aid the doctrine of noscitur a sociis, “i.e., that a word or phrase is given meaning by its context or setting”
• invoking as a statutory interpreta tion aid the doctrine of noscitur a sociis, “i.e., that a word or phrase is given meaning by its context or setting”
• “It is a familiar principle of statutory construction that words grouped in a list should be given related meaning.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).