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private letter ruling

letter ruling : a letter from the Internal Revenue Service to an individual taxpayer setting out the agency's interpretation of the tax rules relating to a specific situation or transaction proposed by the taxpayer … letter from the Internal Revenue Service to an individual taxpayer setting out the agency's interpretation of the tax rules relating to a specific situation or transaction proposed by the taxpayer

Revenue Ruling

Revenue Ruling : an official interpretation of a tax law by the Internal Revenue Service that is published to provide guidance esp. to taxpayers

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last antecedent rule

last antecedent rule : a doctrine in the interpretation of statutes: qualifying words or phrases refer only to the last antecedent word or phrase unless the context

legislative rule

has the force of law and imposes new duties on the regulated parties called also substantive rule compare interpretive rule

Regulation

rule or order prescribed for management or governance. As a matter of fact the regulation has to be interpreted in the context in which it is used and not dehors the context, and thus regulation also includes

stricti juris

stricti juris [Latin] : according to or determined by strict interpretation of the law [the rights of a guarantor are stricti juris "Sitzer v. Lang, 243 S.E.2d 95 (1978)"] … [the rights of a guarantor are stricti juris "Sitzer v. Lang, 243 S.E.2d 95 (1978)"] n : a rule of legal interpretation requiring or dictating close, narrow, or strict interpretation [failure to apply the rule of stricti

Rules of Court

''Rules of the Supreme Court 1883.' Further amendments are made in them as need arises. By the (English) Interpretation Act, 1889, s. 14, 'Rules of Court' means (when used in relation to any court), in any Act … Rules of Court, orders regulating the practice of the Courts; or orders made between parties to an action or

Interpretation of Statute

Interpretation of Statute, it is well-settled that in construing the provisions of statute the Courts should be slow to … Ltd. v. Engineering Mazdoor Sangh, AIR 1975 SC 946 (949): (1975) 3 SCC 862. It is a well-settled rule of interpretation, hallowed by time and sanctified by authority, that the meaning of an ordinary word is to

judgment

consent decree at decree declaratory judgment : a judgment declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or instrument [seeking a declaratory judgment that the regulation is unconstitutional] compare damage, injunction specific … court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure judgment encompasses a decree and any order from which an

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