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Definitions from Case Law

From 566 U.S. 560 - Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. · 2012Most cited · 136 citing opinions

to explain or tell the meaning of: translate into intelligible or familiar language or terms," while "translate" commonly means "to turn into one's own or an-' other language."

Webster's 1182, 2429.

How often courts cite the case defining “interpret”

200020102020203079

Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “interpret” — 136 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case 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.