In re the Suspension of Certain Members of the New Mexico Bar

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• “In construing a statute, we are not at liberty, where the language is free from ambiguity, to substitute one word for another, and thereby change and reverse the express language of the act[.]”
• “[I]t is a' settled rule of construction, to construe words which the legislature has used in such manner as will advance the intention of the act, prevent inconvenience, and avoid conflict with settled policy.”

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