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Ohio Revised Code General Provisions § 1.11

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Remedial laws and all proceedings under them shall be liberally construed in order to promote their object and assist the parties in obtaining justice.  The rule of the common law that statutes in derogation of the common law must be strictly construed has no application to remedial laws;  but this section does not require a liberal construction of laws affecting personal liberty, relating to amercement, or of a penal nature.

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