contemporaneous construction
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 282 U.S. 375 - Fawcus Mach Co v. United States · 1931Most cited · 684 citing opinions
They constitute contemporaneous construction by those charged with the administration of the act, are for that reason entitled to respectful consideration, and will not be overruled, except for weighty reasons.
How often courts cite the cases defining “contemporaneous construction”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “contemporaneous construction” — 872 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 · 1827–1931
- ORIGINAL
In the construction of a doubtful and ambiguous law, the cotemporaneous construction of those who were called upon to act under the law, and were appointed to carry its provisions into effect, is entitled to very great respect.
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