In this regard, the underlying rationale for a schedule of benefits, such as Ark. Code Ann. Included in that schedule of benefits is a conclusively presumed award of wage loss statutorily assigned to that particular scheduled injury. However, Second Injury Fund cases under Ark. Code Ann. In Lawhon Farm Serv. In construing any statute, we place it beside other statutes relevant to the subject matter in question and ascribe meaning and effect to be derived from the whole.
Strict construction means narrow construction.
Seventh Day Adventists v. Benton Cty. The doctrine of strict construction is to use the plain meaning of the language employed. Even when statutes are to be strictly construed, however, they must be construed in their entirety, harmonizing each subsection where possible. 58 Ark. App. Statutes relating to the same subject should be read in a harmonious manner, if possible.