context: Our determination the statute is ambiguous is further supported by viewing the language in its context as part of the overall statutory scheme.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 81 A.3d 822, 822
citation_a.parenthetical: statutory words not to be interpreted in isolation but read with reference to context in which they appear
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., 1 Pa.C.S. § 1921(a) (sec tions of statute should be read together and construed to give effect to all provisions); Roethlein, 81 A.3d at 822 (statutory words not to be interpreted in isolation but read with reference to context in which they appear); Mishoe, 824 A.2d at 1155 (same).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: "Statutory language 'cannot be construed in a vacuum. It is a fundamental canon of statutory construction that the words of a statute must be read in their context and with a view to their place in the overall statutory scheme.'"
citation_b.sentence: See also Sturgeon v. Frost, — U.S.-,-, 136 S.Ct. 1061, 1070, 194 L.Ed.2d 108 (2016) (“Statutory language ‘cannot be construed in a vacuum. It is a fundamental canon of statutory construction that the words of a statute must be read in their context and with a view to their place in the overall statutory scheme.’”).