Minnesota Statutes
§ 645.18 — GRAMMAR; SYNTAX; ELLIPSIS
Minnesota § 645.18
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Bluebook
Minn. Stat. § 645.18 (2026).
Text
Grammatical errors shall not vitiate a law. A transposition of words and clauses may be resorted to when a sentence is without meaning as it stands. Words and phrases which may be necessary to the proper interpretation of a law and which do not conflict with its obvious purpose and intent nor in any way affect its scope and operation may be added in the construction thereof.
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Legislative History
1941 c 492 s 18;1979 c 8 s 1
Nearby Sections
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§ 645.001
APPLICABILITY TO RULES§ 645.01
WORDS AND PHRASES§ 645.02
EFFECTIVE DATE AND TIME OF LAWS§ 645.021
SPECIAL LAWS§ 645.071
STANDARD OF TIME§ 645.08
CANONS OF CONSTRUCTION§ 645.09
NUMERALS§ 645.10
BONDS§ 645.11
PUBLISHED NOTICE§ 645.12
POSTED NOTICE§ 645.14
TIME; COMPUTATION OF MONTHS§ 645.15
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Bluebook (online)
Minnesota § 645.18, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mn/645.18.