Provisos shall be construed to limit rather than to extend the operation of the clauses to which they refer. Exceptions expressed in a law shall be construed to exclude all others.
Minn. Stat. § 645.19
CONSTRUCTION OF PROVISOS AND EXCEPTIONS.
Applied in 61 court decisions — leading case Marriage of Janssen v. Janssen (1983)
Most recently applied in Gill v. Gill (October 2018)
1941 c 492 s 19
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