| 单词 | Golden rule |
| 释义 | 金科玉律 A rule of statutory interpretation requiring the construction of statutes according to their natural and ordinary meaning unless that would lead to some absurdity, or some repugnance or inconsistency with the rest of the instrument: Grey v Pearson (1857) 6 HL Cas 61. This rule requires judges to take the whole statute together, and construe it all together giving the words their ordinary signification, unless when so applied they produce an inconsistency, or an absurdity or inconvenience so great as to convince the Court that the intention could not have been to use them in their ordinary signification: River Wear Cmrs v Adamson (1877) 2 AC 743. It is an indicative or a criteria that may outweigh the literal meaning, namely the presumption that an absurd result is not intended: Bennion, Statutory Interpretation (3rd Ed) p 424. See also Extrinsic materials; Mischief rule; Presumption against intestacy; Purpose rule. 規定須根據法規的自然及一般的涵義解釋法規的法定釋義規則，除非此等規則會導致法規與其他有關法律文件出現若干荒謬、抵觸、或不相符的情況，則屬例外：Grey v Pearson (1857) 6 HL Cas 61。在此等規則下，法官須一併考慮有關法規的整體，然後作出全面的解釋，並賦予有關文字的一般涵義，除非在引用此等規原時，會產生足以使有關法庭信服不可以一般的涵義解釋有關意圖的重大不相符、荒謬或不便的情況，則屬例外：River Wear Cmrs v Adamson (1877) 2 AC 743。金科玉律是可超逾文字上的涵義的標準，即無意作出荒謬結果的推定：Bennion, Statutory Interpretation（第3版）第424頁。另見 Extrinsic materials; Mischief rule; Presumption against intestacy; Purpose rule。 |
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