Hermeneutics
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The science or art of construction and interpretation. By the phrase "legal hermeneutics" is understood the systematic body of rules which are recognized as applicable to the construction and interpretation of legal writings.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The science or art of construction and interpretation. By the phrase “legal hermeneuties” is understood the systematie body of rules which are recognized as applicuble to the construction and interpretation of legal writings.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
' ' Legal hermeneutics " are the rules, as a system, for discovering the meaning of written language. 8