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The purposive approach is derived from which older rule?Read the answer and worked solution →Pepper v Hart permits reference to Parliamentary statements when a law is:Read the answer and worked solution →Ejusdem generis means:Read the answer and worked solution →Noscitur a sociis means a word is known by its:Read the answer and worked solution →Expressio unius est exclusio alterius means mention of one thing:Read the answer and worked solution →The rule against surplusage prefers a reading that avoids:Read the answer and worked solution →In pari materia means provisions of the:Read the answer and worked solution →The rule of lenity resolves criminal-law ambiguity in favour of:Read the answer and worked solution →Criminal statutes are presumed to require proof of:Read the answer and worked solution →A statute is presumed not to apply:Read the answer and worked solution →In interpreting statutes, the courts' function is to:Read the answer and worked solution →Textualists emphasise:Read the answer and worked solution →In the UK, the soft plain meaning rule is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The purposive approach is derived from which older rule?

  1. The literal rule
  2. The golden rule
  3. The plain meaning rule
  4. The mischief rule
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Correct answer: D. The mischief rule

Purposive interpretation grew out of the mischief rule laid down in Heydon's Case.

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Pepper v Hart permits reference to Parliamentary statements when a law is:

  1. Wholly repealed
  2. Ambiguous in wording
  3. Made retrospective
  4. Plain in its wording
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Correct answer: B. Ambiguous in wording

The House of Lords allowed such statements as an aid only where the primary legislation is ambiguous.

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Ejusdem generis means:

  1. Mention of one excludes others
  2. Of the same kind or class
  3. Known by its associates
  4. Rendering each to each
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Correct answer: B. Of the same kind or class

The maxim means of the same kinds, class or nature, limiting general words after a specific list.

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