Whiteley v Chappell (1868)

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf English law
gptkbp:area gptkb:crime
gptkbp:citation (1868) LR 4 QB 147
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 1868
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Whiteley v Chappell (1868)
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Court_of_Queen's_Bench
gptkbp:legalIssue statutory interpretation
gptkbp:notableFor application of literal rule
gptkbp:principle literal rule
gptkbp:reasoning a dead person is not entitled to vote
gptkbp:result defendant acquitted
gptkbp:subject personation of a deceased person at an election
gptkbp:usedIn statutory interpretation cases
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Plain_Meaning_Rule
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6