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Statute is law created by Parliament.
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Statute is law created by Parliament. Sooner or later every Act of Parliament will be analysed by a Judge in the course of the case, which appears before them. A judge cannot rely on parliament for help. The task of the judge is to interpret the words in the statute which parliament has created. This can sometimes be a problem because words are capable of more than one meaning and the judge may not be clear on what Parliament intended. There are certain ways in which the courts can try to discover the intention of Parliament and certain matters, which they can look at in order to help with the interpretation of a statute. There are matters within the statute itself that may help to make its meaning clearer. So far as extrinsic aids are concerned, attitudes have changed. Originally the courts had very strict rules that other extrinsic aids...
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