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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.