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literal rule

literal rule noun: the method of strictly interpreting a statute according to the meaning, established by convention, of the words used therein.

Noun

literal rule

  1. The method of strictly interpreting a statute according to the meaning, established by convention, of the words used therein.

Questions about literal rule

What does literal rule mean?
Literal rule means the method of strictly interpreting a statute according to the meaning, established by convention, of the words used therein.
What part of speech is literal rule?
Literal rule is a noun.

Words near literal rule in the dictionary

  1. literacy
  2. literae humaniores
  3. literage
  4. literages
  5. literal
  6. literal rule
  7. literal theonymy
  8. literal who
  9. literal-minded
  10. literalisation
  11. literalisations

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