HEYDON'S CASE (1584) 76 ER 637 established the MISCHIEF RULE of statutory interpretation. The four-fold test asks:

1. HEYDON'S CASE (1584) 76 ER 637, decided by Lord Coke, articulated the MISCHIEF RULE — the most pragmatic of the traditional interpretive rules. 2. The four-fold test: 3. (1) What was the COMMON LAW BEFORE the making of the Act? 4. (2) What was the MISCHIEF and DEFECT for which the common law did not provide? 5. (3) What REMEDY the Parliament has resolved and appointed to cure the disease of the commonwealth? 6. (4) What is the TRUE REASON of the remedy? 7. The court should adopt the interpretation that SUPPRESSES THE MISCHIEF AND ADVANCES THE REMEDY. 8. The Mischief Rule is the precursor of the modern PURPOSIVE APPROACH. 9. Hence option B is correct. _Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Heydon's Case (1584) 76 ER 637_