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Florida Attorney General Advisory Legal Opinion
Florida Attorney General Advisory Legal Opinion
In sum:
Sincerely,
Bill McCollum
Attorney General
BM/tals
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[4] See Op. Att’y Gen. Fla. 83-60 (1983) and Mallard v.
Tele-Trip Company, 398 So. 2d 969 (Fla. 1st DCA 1981)
(under doctrine of last antecedent, relative and qualifying
words and phrases are to be applied to the word or phrase
immediately preceding).
[6] See, e.g., State ex. rel. Bayless v. Lee, 23 So. 2d 575
(Fla. 1945); Trustees of Tufts College v. Triple R. Ranch,
Inc., 275 So. 2d 521 (Fla. 1973); Seddon v. Harpster, 403
So. 2d 409 (Fla. 1981). And see generally 82 C.J.S.
Statutes s. 414.