equity of the statute rule

equity-of-the-statute rule. In statutory construction, the principle that a statute should be interpreted according to the legislators’ purpose and intent, even if this interpretation goes beyond the literal meaning of the text. • Under this little-used rule, for example, if a statute defines jury-tampering to include a party’s “giving a juror food or drink,” the giving of cigars to a juror would also fall within that definition. Cf. GOLDEN RULE; MISCHIEF RULE; PLAIN-MEANING RULE. [Cases: Statutes 189. C.J.S. Statutes § 324.]
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