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INTERPRETATION LARGE [2 records]

Record 1 2015-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
CONT

This same approach should be applied to the question of reading in since extension by way of reading in is closely akin to the practice of severance. The difference is the manner in which the extent of the inconsistency is defined. In the usual case of severance the inconsistency is defined as something improperly included in the statute which can be severed and struck down. In the case of reading in the inconsistency is defined as what the statute wrongly excludes rather than what it wrongly includes. Where the inconsistency is defined as what the statute excludes, the logical result of declaring inoperative that inconsistency may be to include the excluded group within the statutory scheme. This has the effect of extending the reach of the statute by way of reading in rather than reading down.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques
DEF

Méthode d'interprétation en vertu de laquelle on donne à un texte un sens large afin de favoriser l'accomplissement du but apparemment poursuivi par son auteur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Leyes y documentos jurídicos
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