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Listing the Canons of Construction - Idaho State Bar

The first few are general principles of statutory construction, followed by a number of specific canons. At the end are some canons that apply to specific areas of law. 1. “Where the language of a statute is plain and unambiguous, courts give effect to the statute as written, without engaging in statutory construction.”2

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