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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 15 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from In Re Appeal of Lunde.

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1 In Re Appeal of Lunde Anchor
vt · 1997
green “generally, we do not construe a statute in a way that renders a significant part of it pure surplusage.” 8
2 State v. Therrien, Jr.
vt · 2011
green “the interpretation of a statute is a question of law that we review de novo.” 7

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