{"data":{"id":"us-vt/21-v.s.a.-709","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"21 V.S.A. § 709","heading":"Rules of construction","body":"In construing the provisions of this chapter, the rule of law that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall not be applied. The provisions of this chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact it.","path":["Title 21: Labor","Chapter 009: Employer's Liability and Workers' Compensation"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/21/009/00709","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:04Z","sha256":"489747e23d831ac1807cf63ab5fe68effa9fe09ba41174de3555e41852f7c058","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/21-v.s.a.-708","next":"us-vt/21-v.s.a.-710"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}