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    Statutory construction is the act of discovering and explaining the meaning and intent of a law and how it applies to a specific case, especially when the case is not explicitly mentioned in the law. Construction differs from interpretation in that interpretation ascertains legislative intent using intrinsic aids found in the law itself, while construction resorts to extrinsic aids outside the law when intent cannot be determined. Basic rules of construction include interpreting an ambiguous law using legislative intent and construing an unclear intent using aids beyond the text.

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    Statutory construction is the act of discovering and explaining the meaning and intent of a law and how it applies to a specific case, especially when the case is not explicitly mentioned in the law. Construction differs from interpretation in that interpretation ascertains legislative intent using intrinsic aids found in the law itself, while construction resorts to extrinsic aids outside the law when intent cannot be determined. Basic rules of construction include interpreting an ambiguous law using legislative intent and construing an unclear intent using aids beyond the text.

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    I. Construction and Interpretation of The Laws

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    Statutory construction is the act of discovering and explaining the meaning and intent of a law and how it applies to a specific case, especially when the case is not explicitly mentioned in the law. Construction differs from interpretation in that interpretation ascertains legislative intent using intrinsic aids found in the law itself, while construction resorts to extrinsic aids outside the law when intent cannot be determined. Basic rules of construction include interpreting an ambiguous law using legislative intent and construing an unclear intent using aids beyond the text.

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    MODULE 1

    I. CONSTRUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF THE


    LAWS

    STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION, DEFINED

    💡 is the act or process of discovering and expounding the meaning and


    intention of the law with respect to its application to a given case, where that
    intention is rendered doubtful, among other, by the fact that the given case is
    not explicitly provided in the law.

    CONSTRUCTION DISTINGUISHED FROM INTERPRETATION

    📌 CONSTRUCTION and INTERPRETATION PURPOSE

    ⚠ DISTINCTION

    BASIC RULES

    Apply
    Interpret the Law Construct the Law Column
    the Law

    MODULE 1 1
    Apply
    Interpret the Law Construct the Law Column
    the Law
    When the
    When there is ambiguity in the When the intent of legislature cannot
    law speaks
    language of the statute, be ascertained by merely making use
    in clear
    ascertain the legislative intent intrinsic aids, the court should resort to
    and
    by making use of intrinsic aids, extrinsic aids, or those found outside
    categorical
    or those found in the law itself the language of the law.
    language

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