in pari materia

The Latin phrase "in pari materia" is used in legal contexts to interpret statutes or laws that address the same subject matter together.

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Definition

(legal, technical)A principle stating that statutes related to the same subject should be interpreted together to resolve ambiguities.

The court applied the doctrine of in pari materia to interpret the ambiguous provisions of the tax code.

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