Burke v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “To say that 'or' is 'disjunctive' is true enough. But authorities agree that a disjunctive connector can have either an 'inclusive' or an 'exclusive' sense. Thus, 'A or B' can mean one or the other, but not both. But it can also mean one or the other, or both.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gonzalez v. State

2. “(citing Bryan A. Garner, A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage 624 (2d ed. 1995) ); DietGoal Innovations LLC v. Chipotle Mex. Grill, Inc. , 2015 WL 164072 , at (E.D. Tex. Jan. 13, 2015) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Gonzalez v. State

3. “it has been asserted that, in legal drafting, it is more often the case that the connective 'or' is used in the inclusive sense”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Griffin