ambiguous construction

  • 1construction — 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… …

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  • 2construction — 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

  • 3construction — 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… …

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  • 4Guqin construction — The construction of the guqin Chinese zither is a complex process like any other musical instrument. However, there is much symbolism in the choice of materials, the shape or form of the instrument that are important things to consider when… …

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  • 5practical construction — A construction of an instrument by the parties in interest while in interest. 23 Am J2d Deeds § 171. The construction of a contract, which is ambiguous, in accord with the presumption that the parties contracted with reference to fair, reasonable …

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  • 6Questionnaire construction — A questionnaire is a series of questions asked to individuals to obtain statistically useful information about a given topic [ Merriam Webster s Online Dictionary , s.v. questionnaire, http://www.merriam webster.com/dictionary/questionnaire… …

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  • 7contemporaneous 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.… …

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  • 8contemporaneous 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.… …

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  • 9Statutory interpretation — Judicial Interpretation Forms …

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  • 10Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …

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