Washington Supreme Court· 3/8/2001

State v. Sullivan

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19 P.3d 1012

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absent a controlling statutory definition, the court will give a term its plain and ordinary meaning as ascertained from a standard dictionary, while avoiding unlikely, absurd, or strained consequences
“In the absence of a 14 statutory definition, we will give the term its plain and ordinary meaning ascertained 15 from a standard dictionary.” (footnotes omitted)
using dictionaries to define \judicial process\ in ROW 9.12.010
\Legislative definitions provided by the statute are controlling.\
\Legislative definitions provided by the statute are controlling.\

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Judges: Smith

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