California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Loyola Marymount University v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist., 45 Cal.App.4th 1256, 53 Cal.Rptr.2d 424 (Cal. App. 1996):
Loyola contends, without any supporting authority, that its facilities are used exclusively for religious purposes. 7 Section 65995 does not define the term "used exclusively for religious purposes." Therefore, "we looked elsewhere for assistance." (Williams v. Superior Court (1993) 5 Cal.4th 337, 352, 19 Cal.Rptr.2d 882, 852 P.2d 377.) "In doing so we simply applied the well-accepted principle of statutory interpretation that permits reference to a similar statute 'to guide the construction' of the statute in question." (Ibid.)
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