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Cardinal principle of construction of written instruments

Duty of the court in interpretation where a party to a suit has however complained that the provisions of a statute has been breached against him or that the mandatory provision of a statute was not complied with

General principles of interpretation of statutes

How a law which imposes a pecuniary burden should be construed

How clear and unambiguous words should be construed

How the courts should interprete statutes and rules of court

How words in an enactment should be construed

Principle of computation of time when the word "from" is used in a statutory provision

Principle of interpretation where a passage is susceptible to more than one meaning

Principle of interpretation where an enactment in a schedule contradicts an earlier clause

Principle of interpretation where words have been legally or judicially defined

Principle that a statute should be interpreted in a way to give effect to it

Principles of construction of statutes with respect to retrospectivity

The applicable principles of interpretation where there are conflicting provisions in a statute

The approach to interpretation of a statute where there are two choices of interpretation

The general principle regarding the interpretation of statute

The governing principle where two general enactments are in conflict

The guiding principle in the interpretation of statutes

The importance of construing a statute in the light of the consequences that may result from it

The principle of interpretation where a statute is divided into parts

The principle of interpretation where the provision of a section is made subject to another one in application

The principle of interpreting mandatory provisions in a statute or rule of court

The principle that a court is under obligation to construe mutually related provisions of a statute harmoniously

The principle that a court must always construe a statute ut res magis valeat quam pereat.

The principle that a section of a statute must be read as a whole

The principle that a section or sub-section of statue must not be read or construed in isolation

The principle that a statute should not be construed as to impair an existing right or obligation

The principle that where the provisions of a statute pari materia with another, a previous decision where the similar provisions were considered can be employed in interpreting the latter provisions

The principles governing the relevance of a previous Statute in the interpretation of a later Statute

The rule that in the interpretation of Nigerian constitution and the laws made pursuant thereto, the Courts are under an onerous and bounden duty not to follow or accord credence to alien judicial decisions that are not in pari materia with the constitution or the laws

What a change in style in legislative drafting portends

Whether a judge can import phrases and words into the very enactment being interpreted

Whether a repealed law can be used to interpret a valid law

Whether it is permissible to supply omissions in a statute

Whether it is the duty of the courts to "fill in the gaps" when interpreting statutes

Whether previous decisions can be relied on where the provisions of a section are unique

Whether schedule to a statute can be interpreted to overrule the plain words in the body of the statute

Whether the court can rewrite a law in the course of interpretation

Whether the same meaning must be assigned to the same words occurring in different parts of a statute

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