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absurdity doctrine: a standalone construct

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Constitutional law

the rule that courts may depart from clear statutory text when applying it would produce an absurd result.

In constitutional law, absurdity doctrine refers to the rule that courts may depart from clear statutory text when applying it would produce an absurd result. This meaning comes from Manning (2003) in Harvard Law Review.[1]

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Manning, J. F. (2003). The Absurdity Doctrine. Harvard Law Review, 116(8), 2387. https://doi.org/10.2307/1342768

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