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· 9/4/2008

Shipkey v. District of Columbia Department of Employment Services

Citations

  • 955 A.2d 718
  • 2008 D.C. App. LEXIS 382
  • 2008 WL 4065785

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  • “Dictionaries provide a useful starting point to determine what statutory terms mean[.] [L]ikewise when a popular or common word is used in a statute, but is not defined, the word should be given its common meaning.”

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Judges: Kramer, Fisher, Blackburne-Rigsby

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