statutory construction

collocation in English

meaningsofstatutoryandconstruction

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statutory
adjective
uk
/ˈstætʃ.ə.tər.i/us
/ˈstætʃ.ə.tɔːr.i/
decided or controlled ...
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construction
noun
uk
/kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/us
/kənˈstrʌk.ʃən/
the work of building or making something, especially buildings, ...
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(Definition ofstatutoryandconstructionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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One has difficult issues to contend with, such asstatutoryconstructionor the construction of a decision letter from a deciding authority.
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We have listened to arguments onstatutoryconstruction.
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One has to read the whole provision as a matter ofstatutoryconstruction.
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However, the consequences of thatstatutoryconstruction, in terms of sound administration, are extremely serious.
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It is a technical rule ofstatutoryconstructionwhich is called theejusdem generisrule.
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The word "intention" is apt to be very confusing when it comes tostatutoryconstruction.
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I was surprised to discover how much of our judicial work is concerned purely withstatutoryconstruction.
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The passage also infringes the principles ofstatutoryconstruction.
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First, in reality it was retrospective legislation, although not according to the rules which apply tostatutoryconstructionand which are not really relevant here.
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Those who practise in the law would regard that as a proper and welcome development in the principles ofstatutoryconstruction.
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Judges in the lower courts deal splendidly with many difficult problems ofstatutoryconstruction.
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I should have thought myself that subsections (2), (3) and (4) merely state what the courts would in any case do as a matter of ordinarystatutoryconstruction.
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It is an elementary principle ofstatutoryconstructionknown to all lawyers that one must have regard to all the words which are there and give them value.
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My concern is one ofstatutoryconstruction.
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There are few guiding materials for our task ofstatutoryconstruction.
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Throughstatutoryconstructionrules, it may also be possible to avoid a constitutional question.
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These principles of legislative intent often overlap with those principles ofstatutoryconstructionthat courts have developed to interpret ambiguous or incomplete legislation.
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When the language of a statute is plain and unambiguous, there is no need to resort to rules ofstatutoryconstruction.
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There is no better key to a difficult problem ofstatutoryconstructionthan the law from which the challenged statute emerged.
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The court began by determining the appropriate method ofstatutoryconstructionto employ.
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