construction
- The process of deciphering and assigning meaning to a law, statute, contract, or will, particularly when its wording is unclear or ambiguous
- In the case of dispute, their contract required construction to determine the intended meaning of an ambiguous clause.
- The lawyer's skill in legal construction was needed to understand the obscure will.
- After his study of the statute, his careful construction helped clarify the confusing language.
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