construction
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 229 U.S. 187 - Swigart v. Baker · 1913Most cited · 76 citing opinions
statutory meaning
The phrase is not expressly defined, and being general in its terms, is not necessarily limited to building, but may include the preservation and maintenance of what has been built.
How often courts cite the cases defining “construction”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “construction” — 103 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1907–1913
- ORIGINAL
Construction is the drawing of conclusions respecting subjects that lie beyond the direct expression of the text, from elements known from and given in the text,—conclusions which are in the spirit, though not within the letter, of the text.
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