Within the context of law, "social purpose" is a scheme of
statutory construction declaring that a statute should not be construed in a way that would violate normal societal values or good.
Example of cases in which this
rule of construction
Statutory interpretation is the process by which courts interpret and apply legislation. Some amount of interpretation is often necessary when a case involves a statute. Sometimes the words of a statute have a plain and a straightforward mean ...
was used include ''
Riggs v. Palmer'' (1889) and ''
Holy Trinity Church v. United States
''Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States'', 143 U.S. 457 (1892), was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding an employment contract between The Church of the Holy Trinity, New York and an English (Anglican) priest.
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'' (1892).
References
Legal reasoning
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