Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
contemporaneous construction — A doctrine which holds that when an administrative body over a long period of time has placed an interpretation upon an ambiguous law, the interpretation of such body is entitled to great weight in the determination of the meaning of the law.… … Black's law dictionary
contemporaneous construction — A doctrine which holds that when an administrative body over a long period of time has placed an interpretation upon an ambiguous law, the interpretation of such body is entitled to great weight in the determination of the meaning of the law.… … Black's law dictionary
construction — con·struc·tion /kən strək shən/ n: the act or result of construing, interpreting, or explaining meaning or effect (as of a statute or contract) the construction placed upon an agreement J. D. Calamari and J. M. Perillo Merriam Webster’s… … Law dictionary
construction — Interpretation of statute, regulation, court decision or other legal authority. The process, or the art, of determining the sense, real meaning, or proper explanation of obscure, complex or ambiguous terms or provisions in a statute, written… … Black's law dictionary
construction — Interpretation of statute, regulation, court decision or other legal authority. The process, or the art, of determining the sense, real meaning, or proper explanation of obscure, complex or ambiguous terms or provisions in a statute, written… … Black's law dictionary
Maudslay State Park — For other uses, see Maudslay (disambiguation). Maudslay State Park Massachusetts State Park … Wikipedia
Mayo Foundation v. United States — This article is about a case involving Social Security taxes. For the service of process case, see United States ex rel. Gerald Mayo v. Satan and His Staff. Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, et al. v. United States … Wikipedia
application — ap·pli·ca·tion n: a request for action or relief most application s request bail...or an extension of time to file W. J. Brennan, Jr.; also: a form used to make such a request an insurance application Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam… … Law dictionary
Contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima in lege — A contemporaneous construction is best and most powerful in law. Boyd v United States, 116 US 616, 622, 29 L Ed 746, 748, 6 S Ct 524 … Ballentine's law dictionary
arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… … Universalium
