"If the words of the statute are in themselves precise and unambiguous, then no more can be necessary than to expound those words in their natural and ordinary sense."
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The ( Heydon’s Case (1584)) asks: (1) What was the common law before the Act? (2) What mischief did the common law not address? (3) What remedy did Parliament propose? (4) Why that remedy? The court must suppress the mischief and advance the remedy.
"If the words of the statute are in themselves precise and unambiguous, then no more can be necessary than to expound those words in their natural and ordinary sense."
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The ( Heydon’s Case (1584)) asks: (1) What was the common law before the Act? (2) What mischief did the common law not address? (3) What remedy did Parliament propose? (4) Why that remedy? The court must suppress the mischief and advance the remedy. "If the words of the statute are in