KRS 446.080: Liberal construction -- Statutes not retroactive -- Common usage --

Technical terms.

(1) All statutes of this state shall be liberally construed with a view to promote their

objects and carry out the intent of the legislature, and the rule that statut es in

derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall not apply to the

statutes of this state.

(2) There shall be no difference in the construction of civil, penal and criminal statutes.

(3) No statute shall be construed to be retroactive, unless expressly so declared.

(4) All words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved

usage of language, but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have

acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law, shall be construed

according to such meaning.