Landmark case · Interpretation of Statutes · Semester 4

Grey v. Pearson

(1857) 6 HLC 61 · House of Lords

The grammatical sense of words is to be followed unless it leads to absurdity, in which case the language may be modified to avoid that absurdity.

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Golden rule and Heydon's mischief rule — Unit I, Interpretation of Statutes.

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