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INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

INTERPRETATION (from See also:
LAT
Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an See also:
AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)
agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the See also:
ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in See also:
GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND
Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do) , in See also:

general, the See also:

ACTION

action of explaining, or rendering the sense of an obscure See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of words or an unknown See also:

TONGUE (O. Eng. lunge)

tongue into a See also:

LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language comprehended by the See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person addressed. In legal use the word " interpretation " is employed in the sense of ascertaining the meaning of the language of a document, as well as its relation to facts. It is also applied to acts of See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, as pointing out the sense in which particular words used therein are to be understood. The interpretation of documents and statutes is subject to definite legal rules, the more important of which will be found in the articles See also:

CONTRACT, See also:

STATUTE

STATUTE, WILL, &C.

End of Article: INTERPRETATION (from Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)

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