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golden rule.
concept in British law, concerning statutory construction, used to avoid the consequences of a literal but absurd or obnoxious interpretation of the wording of a statute
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The golden rule in English law is one of the rules of statutory construction traditionally applied by the English courts. The rule can be used to avoid the consequences of a literal interpretation of the wording of a statute when such an interpretation would lead to a manifest absurdity or to a result that is contrary to principles of public policy. The rule can be applied in two different ways, named respectively the narrow approach and the broad approach.
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