plain meaning rule

noun

Definitions

  1. One of three rules of statutory construction traditionally applied by English courts,…

    One of three rules of statutory construction traditionally applied by English courts, which dictates that statutes are to be interpreted using the ordinary meaning of the language of the statute.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for plain meaning rule. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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