Saturday, June 5, 2010

Presumption about Special Statute and General Statutes

"The Supreme Court repeatedly has affirmed that  it  is  a presumption  of statutory  construction  that,   where  both general  and  specific   statutes  appear  to address  a   matter,  the General  Assembly intends the  specific statute to  control the subject." 
[See Dodson v. Potomac Mack Sales & Service, 241 Va.  89, 400 S.E.2d  178 (1991);  Barr v. Town  &  Country   Properties,  240 Va.  292, 396 S.E.2d 672  (1990); Va.  National Bank v. Harris, 220 Va.  336, 257 S.E.2d  867 (1979)]

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