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  2. Mischief rule - Wikipedia

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    The mischief rule [1] is one of three rules of statutory interpretation traditionally applied by English courts, [2] the other two being the "plain meaning rule" (also known as the "literal rule") and the "golden rule". It is used to determine the exact scope of the "mischief" that the statute in question has set out to remedy, and to guide the ...

  3. Heydon's Case - Wikipedia

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    Heydon's Case (1584) 76 ER 637 is considered a landmark case: it was the first case to use what would come to be called the mischief rule of statutory interpretation.The mischief rule is more flexible than the golden or literal rule, in that the mischief rule requires judges to look over four tasks to ensure that gaps within the law are covered.

  4. Statutory interpretation - Wikipedia

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    It is often mentioned that common law statutes can be interpreted by using the Golden Rule, the Mischief Rule or the Literal Rule. However, according to Francis Bennion , author of texts on statutory interpretation, [ 8 ] there are no such simple devices to elucidate complex statutes, "[i]nstead there are a thousand and one interpretative ...

  5. Lists of landmark court decisions - Wikipedia

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    Heydon's Case 76 ER 637 (1584) (Exchequer of Pleas): The first case to use what would come to be called the mischief rule for statutory interpretation. Darcy v Allein [1603] 77 Eng. Rep. 1260 (King's Bench): (most widely known as The Case of Monopolies): establishing that it was improper for any individual to be allowed to have a monopoly over ...

  6. Plain meaning rule - Wikipedia

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    The plain meaning rule, also known as the literal rule, is one of three rules of statutory construction traditionally applied by English courts. [1] The other two are the "mischief rule" and the "golden rule". The plain meaning rule dictates that statutes are to be interpreted using the ordinary meaning of the language of the statute.

  7. Ocala courthouse: Judges issue prison sentences in felony ...

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    Charges: Arson/occupied structure and criminal mischief greater than $1,000. Defendant's age : 16. The Star-Banner is not releasing the name of the teen because of her age.

  8. Canada 'Freedom Convoy' organiser found guilty of mischief - AOL

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    Canada 'Freedom Convoy' organiser found guilty of mischief. Nadine Yousif - BBC News, Toronto. November 22, 2024 at 1:19 PM [Getty Images]

  9. Purposive approach - Wikipedia

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    Purposive interpretation is a derivation of mischief rule set in Heydon's Case, [5] and intended to replace the mischief rule, the plain meaning rule and the golden rule. [6] Purposive interpretation is used when the courts use extraneous materials from the pre-enactment phase of legislation, including early drafts, hansards , committee reports ...