{"data":{"id":"us-vt/20-v.s.a.-1816","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"20 V.S.A. § 1816","heading":"Construction","body":"This chapter and chapter 113 of this title shall be liberally construed to the end that the criminal laws may be efficiently enforced and offenders promptly and certainly apprehended.","path":["Title 20: Internal Security and Public Safety","Chapter 111: General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/20/111/01816","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:04Z","sha256":"7d0431cdd9058f12800d7b8989992fce445fbb8f6bc789651f20bbf38b34ff5e","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/20-v.s.a.-1815","next":"us-vt/20-v.s.a.-1817"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}