Interpretation Clause
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A clause
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A clause in a statute governing its construction or defining terms used in it.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A clause fretiuently inserted in Acts of Parliament, declaring the sense in which certain words used therein are to be understood.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A section of a statute which defines the meaning of certain word? occurring frequently in the other sections.
Defined under Interpretation in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A section of a slatute which defines the meaning of certain words occurring frequently in the other sections.