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Application of the literal rule of interpretation to the provisions of Section 20 of the Admiralty Jurisdiction Decree 1991
Approach to the interpretation of a statute which has the effect of expropriating a private property or right
How a statute seeking to take away a vested right must be construed
How Tax Laws are construed
Need for the courts to give a liberal approach to the interpretation of statutes
Noscitur a sociis rule
Other rules of interpreting statutes
Principle of interpretation when words have been judicially defined
Principle of interpretation where a statute encroaches on a person's proprietary right
Principle of interpretation where a statute mentions specific things or persons
Principle of interpretation where provisions of a statute are ambiguous
Principle of interpretation where words in a statute are capable of two meanings
Principle of interpretation where words in a statute as to the jurisdiction of the court are clear and unambiguous
Principle of interpreting a word already defined by a statute
Principle that a lawmaker will not be presumed to have given a right in one section and taken it in another
Principle that all the parts of a statute must be read as a whole
Rules of statutory interpretation as they relate to the duty of the court
The object of interpreting a statute
The presumption against implicit alteration of the law
The principle of expressio unius est exclusio alterius/expressum facit cessare tacitum
The principle that it is the duty of the court to discover the intention of the legislature when construing the provisions of a statute
The principle that words which are not in a statute are not to be imported into it
The rule of items expressly mentioned
What is a disjunctive particle in a statute
Whether resort can be made to English Rules where there are provisions therein that are similar to the provisions in the local Rules of Court
Whether section 56(1) Federal High Court Act can, in the face of section 174(1) of the constitution, take over for interpretation under the canon of construction -" expressio unius est exclusio alterius
Whether the provisions of Section 208 of the Constitution should be given their natural and ordinary grammatical meaning
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