context: Yet, the Board injected ambiguity into K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 44-508(f) when it determined that the statute did not define the phrase "recreational or social event." When deciding whether a statute is ambiguous, a basic principle of statutory construction provides that where words in a statute are not defined, they must be given their ordinary meaning.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: words in common use contained within a statute are to be given their natural and ordinary meaning
citation_a.sentence: See Roda v. Williams, 195 Kan. 507, Syl. ¶ 3, 407 P.2d 471 (1965) (words in common use contained within a statute are to be given their natural and ordinary meaning); see also Perrin v. United States, 444 U.S. 37, 42, 62 L. Ed. 2d 199, 100 S. Ct. 311 (1979) (words not defined in a statute should be given ordinary or common meaning).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: words not defined in a statute should be given ordinary or common meaning
citation_b.sentence: See Roda v. Williams, 195 Kan. 507, Syl. ¶ 3, 407 P.2d 471 (1965) (words in common use contained within a statute are to be given their natural and ordinary meaning); see also Perrin v. United States, 444 U.S. 37, 42, 62 L. Ed. 2d 199, 100 S. Ct. 311 (1979) (words not defined in a statute should be given ordinary or common meaning).