In Exchequer Vs. Heydon [1584] EWHC Exch J36 76 ER 637,the court expounded which of the following rule?
A)The Golden rule
B)The Red rule
C)The Mischief rule
D)The literal interpretation rule

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In Exchequer Vs. Heydon [1584], the court expounded the Mischief Rule. This rule is used to interpret statutes with the aim of uncovering the "mischief and defect" that the statute was intended to remedy, and then interpreting the statute in a way that suppresses the mischief and advances the remedy.