Plain Language Interpretation
The primary method by which a Court interprets a law, rule, Decree, order, or Agreement. As the Arizona Supreme Court stated in State v. Burbey, 243 Ariz. 145, 146-147 ¶ 6 (2017), “To determine a statute’s meaning, we first look to its text. When the text is clear, we apply the plain meaning and our inquiry ends.” But if the language yields two or more plausible interpretations, the Court will look to other rules of construction to determine its meaning.