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Clear statement rule
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<p>In <a href="/facts/Law_of_the_United_States/qVcQjGCe">American law</a>, the clear statement rule is a guideline for <a href="/facts/Statutory_construction/GLR6rfcA">statutory construction</a>, instructing courts to not interpret a statute in a way that will have particular consequences unless the statute makes unmistakably clear its intent to achieve that result. According to law professor William Popkin, such rules "insist that a particular result can be achieved only if the text…says so in no uncertain terms." </p>