{{Short description|Rule of statutory construction}} Within the context of United States law, "'''social purpose'''" is a scheme of statutory construction declaring that a statute should not be construed in a way that would violate normal societal values or good.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Lundmark|first=Thomas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVQGAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA338|title=Charting the Divide Between Common and Civil Law|date=2012-09-27|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-973882-3|pages=338|language=en}}</ref> Example of cases in which this rule of construction was used include ''Riggs v. Palmer'' (1889) and ''Holy Trinity Church v. United States'' (1892).

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