Interpretation
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
Is used interchangeably with " construction." Opposed, misinterpretation. The act of finding out the true sense of any form of words, that is, the sense their > [3 Bl. Com. 448. = Atkinson v. Marks, 1 Cow. 703 (1883). s Howe Machine Co. v. Gif Eord, 66 Barb. B99 (1872). See also 2 Paige, Ch. 800; 8 Story, Eq. Oh. XX. * Killian v. Ebbinghaus, 110 U. S. 571 (1884), cases. " )i Story, Eq, S 820; Third Nat. Bank v. Lumber Co., 138 Mass. 410 (1888), cases. See generally Mc Munn v. Carpthers, 4 Clarke, Pa., 134r^6 (1848); 8 Pomeroy, Eq. §§ 1319-89. author intended; and of enabling others to derive from them the same idea.i Properly precedes construction, but does not go beyond the written text." See furtlier Constbdotioh; Ikterpretatio.