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Co., , (“If the legislature intends to deny, abrogate, or preempt, it must clearly say so.”); , (“If the legislature fails to clearly and plainly manifest an intent to alter the common law, the common law remains in effect.”).

¶ 7 The “principle of statutory interpretation is to determine and give effect to legislative intent.”

We will also “read the statute as a whole, and give meaningful operation to all of its provisions.”

We “must read the statute as a whole, and give meaningful operation to all of its provisions.”

¶ 8 Finally, we “must read the statute as a whole, and give meaningful operation to all of its provisions.”

Under rules of statutory interpretation, we read a statute as a whole and “give meaningful operation to all of its provisions.” , ( , ).

with rights in real property”); , vacated in part on other grounds, , (rejecting argument that action for breach of contract by real property purchaser against seller affected rights incident to title merely because seller had since initiated foreclosure of deed of trust; purchaser sought money damages and any judgment would not erase debt owing to seller that unde

7 *596 ¶ 12 “The primary principle of statutory interpretation is to determine and give effect to legislative intent.”

(If the legislative intent is not clear from the statute, we consider other factors, such as “the context of the statute, the language used, the subject matter, its historical background, its effects and consequences, and its spirit and purpose.”).

This court may look to many different factors in order to discern the legislative intent of a statute such as "its historical background, its effects and consequences, and its spirit and purpose," , but the history of this legislation reveals no statement of intent.

¶4 “Under rules of statutory construction, if the common law is to be changed, supplemented, or abrogated by statute, it must be done expressly or by necessary implication.”

the subject matter, its historical background, its effects and consequences, and its spirit and purpose.”

(court "must read the statute as a whole, and give meaningful operation to all of its provisions" whenever possible).

Co., , (“ ‘The primary principle of statutory interpretation is to determine and give effect to legislative intent.’ ”)

The State notes that in determining the constitutionality of a statute, a strong presumption of constitutionality exists, , ( , ), and a statute must be interpreted “as a whole” with each of its provisions “given meaningful operation.” , ( , ).

P.2d 1384 (1979); see also Wyatt v. Wehmueller, 167 Ariz. 281

We must, however, “read the statute as a whole, and give meaningful operation to all of its provisions.” , ( , ).

If necessary, we consider other factors, such as “the context of the statute, the language used, the subject matter, its historical background, its effects and consequences, and its spirit and purpose.”