Legal Deception, Propgaganda, and Fraud, Form #05.014, Section 14: Statutory Construction (OFFSITE LINK)
Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, p. 1412
Statutory construction. That branch of the law dealing with the interpretation of laws enacted by a legislature. A judicial function required when a statute is invoked and different interpretations are in contention. Where legislature attempts to do several things one of which is invalid, it may be discarded if remainder of the act is workable and in no way depends upon invalid portion, but if that portion is an integral part of the act, and its exclusion changes the manifest intent of the act by broadening its scope to include subject matter or territory which was not included therein as enacted, such excision is "judicial legislation" and not "statutory construction." Ettinger v. Studevent, 219 Ind. 406, 38 N.E.2d 1000, 1007. See Construction; Strict construction.
[Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, p. 1412]
McCullough v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 172 U.S. 102, 112, 19 S.Ct. 134, 43 L.Ed. 382 (1898)
“ . . . It is elementary law that every statute is to be read in the light of the constitution. However broad and general its language, it cannot be interpreted as extending beyond those matters which it was within the constitutional power of the legislature to reach. . .”
[McCullough v. Commonwealth of Virginia, 172 U.S. 102, 112, 19 S.Ct. 134, 43 L.Ed. 382 (1898)]
Statutory Construction article: Taxes area
Websites dealing with the Rules of Statutory Construction:
- Legislative Intent Service: Summary of Materials. Company that interprets laws based on the rules of statutory construction.
- Pennsylvania District Court 15-4-04: Chapter 19: Rules of Construction