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Statutory Exposition

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

When the language of a statute is ambiguous, and it is said to contain a statutory exposition of the former act.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

When the language of a statute is ambiguous, and any subsequent enactment involves a particular interpretation of the former act, it is said to contain a statutory exposition of the former act. Wharton.

Defined under Statutory in Black's Law Dictionary.