Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
last antecedent rule — n: a doctrine in the interpretation of statutes: qualifying words or phrases refer only to the last antecedent word or phrase unless the context or entire act clearly requires otherwise – called also last antecedent doctrine; Merriam Webster’s… … Law dictionary
Last antecedent rule — The last antecedent rule is a doctrine of interpretation of a statute, by which Referential and qualifying phrases, where no contrary intention appears, refer solely to the last antecedent. [ [http://adamsdrafting.com/downloads/g and m 082807.pdf … Wikipedia
last antecedent rule — A canon of statutory construction that relative or qualifying words or phrases are to be applied to the words or phrases immediately preceding, and as not extending to or including other words, phrases, or clauses more remote, unless such… … Black's law dictionary
last antecedent rule — A canon of statutory construction that relative or qualifying words or phrases are to be applied to the words or phrases immediately preceding, and as not extending to or including other words, phrases, or clauses more remote, unless such… … Black's law dictionary
last antecedent clause — The principle that relative and qualifying words, phrases, or clauses are to be applied to the words, phrases, or clauses immediately precedent, and not extended to other words, phrases or clauses more remote. Montgomery Light & Traction Co. v… … Ballentine's law dictionary
antecedent — an·te·ce·dent /ˌan tə sēd ənt/ adj: earlier in time or order Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. antecedent … Law dictionary
last — I (final) adjective aftermost, climactic, climactical, closing, completive, completory, concluding, conclusive, conclusory, crowning, decisive, definitive, determinative, end, ending, endmost, extreme, farthest, final, finishing, furthest,… … Law dictionary
Possessive antecedent — In English grammar, a pronoun has a possessive antecedent if its antecedent (the noun that it refers to) appears in a possessive case; for example, in the following sentence, Winston Churchill is a possessive antecedent, serving as it does as the … Wikipedia
List of law topics (F-M) — NOTOC Law [From Old English lagu something laid down or fixed ; legal comes from Latin legalis , from lex law , statute ( [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=law searchmode=none Law] , Online Etymology Dictionary; [http://www.m… … Wikipedia
Departure — De*par ture (?; 135), n. [From {Depart}.] 1. Division; separation; putting away. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Separation or removal from a place; the act or process of departing or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
