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Section 3-402 - Purpose and construction of subtitle.

§ 3-402. Purpose and construction of subtitle.
  

This subtitle is remedial. Its purpose is to settle and afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations. It shall be liberally construed and administered. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 31A, § 12; 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., ch. 2, § 1.]