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IN PARI MATERIA Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

Upon the same matter or subject. Statutes in pari materia are toconstrued together. United Society v. Eagle Bank, 7 Conn. 457; State v. Ger- hardt, 145Ind. 439, 44 N. E. 409, 33 L. R. A. 313; People v. New York Cent. Ry. Co., 25 Barb. (N.Y.) 201; Sales v. Barber Asphalt Pav. Co., 1G6 Mo. 071, 06 S. W. 979.

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