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Home Dictionary Name: interpretInterpretation and construction
Interpretation and construction, The very concept of interpretation connotes the introduction of elements which are necessarily extrinsic to the words in the statute. Though the words 'interpretation' and 'construction' are used interchangeably, the idea is somewhat different. Dr. Patrick Devlin says: A better word, I think, would be construction, because construction, although one often used it alternatively with interpretation, suggests that something more is being got out in the elucidation of the subject matter than can be got by strict interpretation of the words used. In the very full sense of the word 'construction' the judges have set themselves in this branch of the law to try to frame the law as they would like to have it, Commissioner of Wealth Tax v. Hashmatunnisa Begum, AIR 1989 SC 1024 (1929): (1989) Supp 2 SCC 43....
interpretive rule
interpretive rule : a rule issued by an administrative agency that only clarifies or explains existing laws or regulations called also interpretative rule compare legislative rule NOTE: An interpretive rule does not have to meet the requirements set out in the Administrative Procedure Act for notice to the public and opportunity for comment that apply to legislative rules. An interpretive rule does not have the force of law. ...
Interpretation of Statute
Interpretation of Statute, it is well-settled that in construing the provisions of statute the Courts should be slow to adopt a construction which tends to make any part of the statute meaningless or ineffective. Thus, an attempt must always be made to reconcile the relevant provisions so as to advance the remedy intended by the Statute, Board of Muslim Wakfs v. Radha Kishan, AIR 1979 SC 289: (1979) 2 SCR 148.Interpretation of Statutes, as a general principle of interpretation, where the words of a statute are plain, precise and unambiguous, the intention of the legislature is to be gathered from the language of the statute itself and no external evidence such as parliamentary debates, reports of the commit-tees of the legislature or even the statement made by the Minister on the introduction of a measure or by the framers of the Act is admissible to construe those words. It is only where a statute is not exhaustive or where its language is ambiguous, uncertain, clouded or susceptible ...
Interpreters
Interpreters, persons sworn at a trial to interpret the evidence of a foreigner or a deaf and dumb person to the court. as to the liability of an interpreter for perjury, see (English) Perjury Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 6), s. 1...
interpretation
interpretation : the act or result of interpreting compare construction in·ter·pre·ta·tive [in-tər-prə-tā-tiv, -tə-tiv] adj in·ter·pre·tive [in-tər-prə-tiv] adj ...
Interpretable
Admitting of interpretation capable of being interpreted or explained...
Interpretation
Interpretation, is the ascertainment, which the document would convey to a reasonable person having all the background knowledge which would reasonably have been available to the parties in the situation in which they were at the time of the contract, Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd. v. West Bronawich Building Society, (1998) 1 WLR 896.Interpretation. See CONSTRUCTION....
Interpretation Clause
Interpretation Clause, a clause of an Act of Parlia-ment or document which defines the meaning of certain words occurring frequently in other clauses of the Act or document; see, e.g., s. 334 of the Public Health Act, 1936, replacing s. 4 of the (English) Public Health Act, 1875 (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55), and see also (English) Local Government Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 51), s. 305. Almost all modern Acts define the sense in which certain terms are used for the purposes of the Act.Interpretation clauses have been much complained of by judges: see Mews's Digest, tit. 'Statute,' p. 1886; but they make an Act, by shortening, much easier to read, and indeed in their complicated matters with which modern legislation deals, their use is absolutely indispensable. It should, however, be observed that the definitions in such clauses are generally exclusively referable t the Statute, or Part, or S. to which they are expressed to relate and do not necessarily govern the meaning of the term in any...
court interpreter
court interpreter a court employee who orally translates what is said in court from English into the language of a non-English-speaking party or witness and translates that person's testimony into English. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
interpret
interpret : to explain or tell the meaning of (as a document) esp. in order to determine intent [they must the provisions of the Constitution "L. H. Tribe"] ...
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