Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved use of the language. Technical words and phrases and those which have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law shall be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.
A.R.S. § 1-213
Words and phrases
Applied in 47 court decisions — leading case State v. Greenway (1991)
Most recently applied in 97 Arizona Cases Digest 28 - State v. Sorensen (May 2023)
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Arizona State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Arizona statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.