English Dictionary

last antecedent rule

名詞

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

日本語の意味

法解釈において、修飾語句が、修飾対象となる複数の先行詞のうち、最後のものにのみ係るという原則

The judge rejected the appeal, explaining that, under the last antecedent rule, the limiting phrase only modified the final item in the statute.

裁判官は控訴を棄却し、修飾句は直後の先行詞にのみ係るという最終先行詞の原則に従って、その限定句は法令の最後の項目だけを修飾すると説明した。

意味（1）

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