Usually means: Rule linking pronouns to nearest noun.
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  1. last antecedent rule: Dictionary.com
  2. Last antecedent rule: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. last antecedent rule: Wiktionary

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  1. last antecedent rule: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. last antecedent rule: Law.com Dictionary
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  5. last antecedent rule: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (last antecedent rule)

noun:  (law) A doctrine of statutory interpretation according to which qualifying phrases attach and refer to only the last antecedent.

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