{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-645.18","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 645.18","heading":"GRAMMAR; SYNTAX; ELLIPSIS.","body":"Grammatical errors shall not vitiate a law. A transposition of words and clauses may be resorted to when a sentence is without meaning as it stands. Words and phrases which may be necessary to the proper interpretation of a law and which do not conflict with its obvious purpose and intent nor in any way affect its scope and operation may be added in the construction thereof.","path":["STATUTES, CONSTRUCTION","CHAPTER 645. INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES AND RULES","CONSTRUCTION OF LAWS"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/645.18","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:51Z","sha256":"e07bfb7802f619dc54218649a15c6b05a96b7c14614223c290b261aae3c14768","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-645.17","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-645.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}