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2016 Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 645 - 648 — STATUTES, CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 645 — INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES AND RULES
Section 645.18 — GRAMMAR; SYNTAX; ELLIPSIS.
MN Stat § 645.18 (2016) What's This?
645.18 GRAMMAR; SYNTAX; ELLIPSIS. Grammatical errors shall not vitiate a law. A transposition of words and clauses may be resorted to when a sentence is without meaning as it stands. Words and phrases which may be necessary to the proper interpretation of a law and which do not conflict with its obvious purpose and intent nor in any way affect its scope and operation may be added in the construction thereof.
History: 1941 c 492 s 18; 1979 c 8 s 1
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