Morris v. McLemore

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a cardinal rule in dealing with a statutory provision is to give it a consistent and uniform interpretation, and when a statute has been consistently construed in one way for many years, such construction ought not be changed
• the interpretation given a statute becomes a part of the statute itself
• the interpretation given a statute becomes a part of the statute itself
• providing statutes are to be given consistent interpretations over time

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