Sentence examples for canon of construction from inspiring English sources
There is little need to summon to our aid that canon of construction invoked by the complainants.
Under this canon of construction, courts must interpret statutory provisions so that each word meaningfully contributes to the provision as a whole.
Respondent invokes the canon of construction that a sovereign is presumptively not intended to be bound by its own statute unless named in it, see Guarantee Title & Trust Co. v. Title Guaranty & Surety Co., 224 U.S. 152, 32 S.Ct.
This canon of construction applies not only to resolve "contradiction[s]" between general and specific provisions, but also to avoid "the superfluity of a specific provision that is swallowed by the general one". RadLAX, 566 U. S., at 645.
If any canon of construction should be applied in this case, it is the well settled rule that "an act of congress ought never to be construed to violate the law of nations if any other possible construction remains". Murray v.
Even if that pro-continuity bias does not ultimately present a sufficient reason for embracing or retaining any given canon of construction, it surely presents a powerful answer to those who would abandon traditional rules of construction because they reflect a status quo bias.
The portion of the opinion employing the canons of construction does not place any limits upon the secretary's discretion.
The court accordingly gave credence to the more specific, more recently enacted provision, utilizing canons of construction certainly familiar to and routinely relied on by this court...
Because the phrase "any other law enforcement officer" has a straightforward meaning, the argument goes, the canons of construction do not apply.
The Florida Supreme Court applied four traditional canons of construction to resolve the ambiguity of the Election Code: "First, it is well settled that where two statutory provisions are in conflict, the specific statute controls the general".
