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INTERNAL PROTOTYPE — NOT LEGAL ADVICE — DO NOT SEND

State v. Hemingway, 196 Vt. 441 (2014)

Citation
State v. Hemingway, 196 Vt. 441 (2014)
Parent Document
State v. Hemingway, 196 Vt. 441 (2014)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
2014-05-09

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¶ 30.        
Most importantly, the act of providing the certificate is not essential
to the main purpose of the statute.  If an action is essential to the main
objective of the statute, then the statute is ordinarily mandatory and
violation of its terms will invalidate subsequent proceedings.  Warner
v. Mower, 11 Vt. 385, 394 (1839).  If, however, the provision merely
explains “the manner of doing a thing, and is not of the essence of the
authority for doing it,” the statute is directory and a violation will not
invalidate subsequent proceedings.  Id.