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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