2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 1 - CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO CIVIL ACTIONS
SECTION 1-1-101 - Provisions to be liberally construed.

Universal Citation: WY Stat § 1-1-101 (2018)

1-1-101. Provisions to be liberally construed.

The Code of Civil Procedure and all proceedings under it shall be liberally construed to promote its object and assist the parties in obtaining justice. The rule of common law that statutes in derogation thereof must be strictly construed has no application to the Code of Civil Procedure, but this shall not be so construed as to require a liberal construction of provisions affecting personal liberty, relating to amercement or of a penal nature.

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