{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-59-34","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 59-34","heading":"Rules of construction.","body":"(a)\tThe rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall have no application to this Act.\n(b)\tThe law of estoppel shall apply under this Act.\n(c)\tThe law of agency shall apply under this Act.\n(d)\tThis Article shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.\n(e)\tThis Article and the other provisions of this Act shall not be construed so as to impair the obligations of any contract existing when the Article or any other provision of this Act, as applicable, goes into effect, nor to affect any action or proceedings begun or right accrued before this Article or any other provision of this Act, as applicable, takes effect. (1941, c. 374, s. 4; 2000-140, s. 101(l).)","path":["Chapter 59. Partnership.","Article 2. Uniform Partnership Act.","Part 1. Preliminary Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_59/GS_59-34.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:07:02Z","sha256":"b3a87f4faa9566fef0e856e1b9428a1de1e5cda914e581fa5be6f8feba03107b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-59-33","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-59-35"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}