2 Step One Analysis: Text and Context

Index

• 2 Step-one Analysis: Text and Context
• I. (§2.1) Introduction
• II. (§2.2) Text and Context Considered Together
• III. (§2.3) Evidence Considered
• A. (§2.4) Text as Evidence of the Legislature's Intent
• 1. (§2.5) Words in the Statute
• 2. (§2.6) Prior Constructions: Rule of Prior Construction
• A. (§2.7) Authoritative Prior Constructions
• B. (§2.8) Challenges to Authoritative Prior Constructions
• C. (§2.9) Nonauthoritative Prior Constructions
• B. (§2.10) Contextual Evidence
• 1. (§2.11) Existing Statutes as Context
• A. (§2.12) Other Provisions of Same Statute
• B. (§2.13) Related Statutes and Statutes in Pari Materia
• 2. (§2.14) Historical Context
• A. (§2.15) Prior Versions of Same Statute or Its Predecessor
• B. (§2.16) Prior Versions of Related Statutes
• C. (§2.17) Common Law in Existence at Time of Enactment
• D. (§2.18) Prior Interpretations of Statutes Adopted from Other Jurisdictions
• E. (§2.19) Interpretations of Uniform Laws and Model Acts
• IV. (§2.20) Rules of Construction
• A. (§2.21) Definitions as Aid to Construction: Plain Meaning, Statutory Meaning, Technical Meaning
• 1. (§2.22) General Principles
• 2. (§2.23) Context as Aid to Selecting Definition Intended by Legislature
• 3. (§2.24) Statutory Definitions
• 4. (§2.25) Plain Meaning: Common Usage Dictionary Definitions
• A. (§2.26) Purpose in Using Common Usage Dictionaries
• B. (§2.27) Dictionaries Used by Oregon Supreme Court
• C. (§2.28) How Courts Use Dictionaries to Define Common Terms
• 5. (§2.29) Technical Definitions
• 6. (§2.30) Contemporaneous Definitions
• B. (§2.31) Prior Interpretations by Oregon Courts
• C. (§2.32) Court May Not Omit or Insert Words
• D. (§2.33) Consistency: Construe Same Terms Consistently
• E. (§2.34) Use of Term in One Section and Not in Another Indicates a Purposeful Omission
• F. (§2.35) Rule Against Surplusage
• G. (§2.36) Harmonize Statutes; Give Effect to All
• H. (§2.37) Particular Intent Controls Over a General Inconsistent One
• I. (§2.38) Implied Repeal
• J. (§2.39) Ejusdem Generis
• 1. (§2.40) Determining when Ejusdem Generis Applies
• 2. (§2.41) Circumstances in Which Ejusdem Generis Will Not Apply
• 3. (§2.42) Identifying Common Trait or Characteristic
• K. (§2.43) Noscitur a Sociis
• L. (§2.44) Expressio Unius Est Exclusio Alterius
• M. (§2.45) Grammar
• 1. (§2.46) Rule of Last Antecedent
• 2. (§2.47) Indefinite and Definite Articles
• 3. (§2.48) Form of Term: Verb or Noun
• 4. (§2.49) Structure, Generally
• N. (§2.50) Construe Statute Consistent with Purpose: Express Statement of Purpose or Findings