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....n that the law itself has authoritatively answered, so that the Court may not answer it as a matter of discretion; 3. An issue about what the law is on a particular point; an issue in which parties argue about, and the court must decide what the true rule of law is; 4. An issue that, although it may turn on a factual point, is reserved for the court and excluded f....

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....textual expressions, used in statutes to convey a certain meaning which the legislature would not have intended to be read in a pedantic manner. When words of the Sections allow narrow as well as wide interpretations, courts of law have developed the art and technique of finding the correct meaning by looking at the words in their context. In Reserve Bank of India vs. Peerless Gene....