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Approach to interpretation where the literal rule may result in ambiguity

Need for court to give statutes their literal meaning

Principles governing application of the literal rule

The position that the literal rule must be enforced by the court even if it leads to manifest absurdity

The rule that words should be given their ordinary meanings

What the literal approach of interpretation of statute entails

When the literal rule of construction may be derogated from

Whether an appellate court can fault the grammatical and ordinary interpretation given by a trial court to an unambiguous provision

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