interpret
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Stimson (1881)
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.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
To construe; to explain.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
To construe; to seek out the meaning of language; to translate orally from one tongue to anothor.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
v. Construe. Interpretatio chartarum benigne valeat quam pereat, I. The liberal, that the thing may rather have