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last antecedent rule
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last
antecedent
rule
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last antecedent rule
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(
law
)
A
doctrine
of
statutory
interpretation according to which
qualifying
phrases
attach and refer to only the last
antecedent
.
Alternative forms
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rule of the last antecedent