· 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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