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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 45-2552

Citation
Section 45-2552
Parent Document
Twyman v. Johnson, 655 A.2d 850 (1995)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1995-03-13

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in construing the then-statutory scheme to provide a defense of retaliatory eviction, did not change that rule. We accordingly must read § 45-2552 mindful of the canon that statutes in derogation of the common law are strictly construed, a rule creating “a rebuttable presumption,” Monroe v. Foreman,