Glossary

AuthorSusan Barker, Erica Anderson
Pages265-267
265
Glossary
Dreidger’s Modern Principle:
“Today there is only one principle or approach, namely, the words of
an Act are to be read in their entire context and in their grammatical
and ordinary sense harmoniously with the scheme of the Act, the
object of the Act, and the intention of Parliament.”
Elmer Dreidger, The Construction of Statutes, 2d ed Toronto: Butterworths,
1983) at 87.
Exclusionary Rule:
e exclusionary rule had its genesis in British caselaw from the
early eighteenth century. “Under the exclusionary rule legislative
history of an enactment was not admissible to assist in interpreta-
tion . . . as direct evidence of legislative intent.”
Ruth Sullivan, Sullivan on the Construction of Statutes, 5th ed Markham,
ON: LexisNexis, 2008) at 594.
Extrinsic Aids to Interpretation:
“Anything outside the text [of a statute] that might be relied on to
assist interpretation.”
Ruth Sullivan, Sullivan on the Construction of Statutes, 5th ed Markham,
ON: LexisNexis, 2008) at 573.

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