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statutory interpretation

a generic title for the practice of reading statutes. Certain rules have grown up both in interpretation generally and for statutes in particular. A major aid is the Interpretation Act 1989, which lists a number of deemed interpretations. See EJUSDEM GENERIS RULE, EXPRESSIO UNIUS EST EXCLUSIO ALTERIUS, GOLDEN RULE, LITERAL RULE, MISCHIEF RULE, NOSCITUR A SOCIIS.
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This appeal raised two issues: first, whether a defendant forfeits a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence that is based on a statutory interpretation argument when he fails to raise it in the District Court, and second, how to apply the intent element in subdivision 1(a) of Minnesota's criminal interference-with-privacy statute, Minn.
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Supreme Court engage in holistic statutory interpretation. (12) If the court can determine at the outset that the statutory provision is unambiguous on its face, the highest court will ordinarily rule by strict analysis and avoid concepts of equity or other concerns.
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I have chosen the title for this lecture to be 'Statutory Interpretation: Mostly Common Sense?' I emphasise the word 'mostly, as there do exist some 'rules' of construction introduced by legislation itself (although it could be argued these too are based on common sense).
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