What is the "golden rule of statutory construction"?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jones v. Pierce, 199 Cal.App.3d 736, 245 Cal.Rptr. 149 (Cal. App. 1988):
7 A golden rule of statutory construction is that " 'unreasonableness of the result produced by one among alternative possible interpretations of a statute is reason for rejecting that interpretation in favor of another which would produce a reasonable result.' " (Armstrong v. County of San Mateo (1983) 146 Cal.App.3d 597, 615, 194 Cal.Rptr. 294.)
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