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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

CABINDA v. Santa Monica Rent Control Bd., 95 Cal. Rptr. 2d 676 (2000)

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CABINDA v. Santa Monica Rent Control Bd., 95 Cal. Rptr. 2d 676 (2000)
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CABINDA v. Santa Monica Rent Control Bd., 95 Cal. Rptr. 2d 676 (2000)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
2000-08-23

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Appellant is not really challenging the clarity of the word "vacancy." Its claim is that the word "voluntary" requires definition. Black's Law Dictionary defines "voluntary" as "[unconstrained by interference; unimpelled by another's influence; spontaneous; acting of oneself. [Citation.] Done by design or intention. Proceeding from the free and unrestrained will of the person. Produced in or by an act of choice. Resulting from free choice, without compulsion or solicitation." (Black's Law Diet. (6th ed.1990) p. 1575, col. 1.) Notably the definition in the legal dictionary is fully consistent with the Webster's definition (Webster's 3d New Internat. Diet. (1993) p. 2564), and with the common usage of the word. The Legislature had no need to further define the phrase "voluntary vacancy" because the meaning of the phrase is readily understood.