§ 42-3502

Citation: § 42-3502
Parent Document: Dorchester House Associates Ltd. Partnership v. District of Columbia Rental Housing Commission, 938 A.2d 696 (2007)
Jurisdiction: DC (municipal)
Effective Date: 2007-12-20
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1440723/dorchester-house-associates-ltd... ↗

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eral manner; to attempt to refer to each specific provision would often be ungainly as well as useless. As a result, matters in the text which deviate from those falling within the general pattern are frequently unreflected in the headings and titles. Factors of this type have led to the wise rule that the title of a statute and the heading of a section cannot limit the plain meaning of the text.... For interpretative purposes, they are of use only when they shed light on some ambiguous word or phrase. They are but tools available for the resolution of a doubt. But they cannot undo or limit that which the text makes plain. Bhd. of R.R. Trainmen,

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