mischief rule
(law, E&W) One of three rules of statutory interpretation traditionally applied by English courts, used to determine the exact scope of the mischief that the statute in question has set out to remedy.
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(law, E&W) One of three rules of statutory interpretation traditionally applied by English courts, used to determine the exact scope of the mischief that the statute in question has set out to remedy.
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