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interpret
in
The Federalist Papers -- Modern English Edition 2
(Edited)

One national government will always interpret treaties and laws of nations in one way.
p. 23.7

interpret = understand
However, if thirteen States—or three or four confederacies—interpreted the same treaties and laws, they would sometimes come to different conclusions.
p. 23.8

interpreted = understood (in their own ways)
Laws are pointless without courts to interpret and define their true meaning and operation.
p. 87.1

interpret = explain
Currently, thirteen different legislatures and thirteen different supreme courts can interpret or misinterpret every treaty signed by the United States.
p. 87.6

interpret = explain the meaning of
When a situation arises, the legislature will interpret the clause as only an admonition and yield to the real or imagined needs of the State.
p. 98.8

interpret = explain
Tax Clause: Constitutional Interpretation
p. 116.1

interpretation = understanding or explanation of meaning
And it furnishes a rule for interpreting the Constitution—within the Constitution—that justifies my position and refutes every hypothesis to the contrary.
p. 116.4

interpreting = understanding
Therefore, on this important point, perhaps the convention wanted to leave nothing to interpretation.
p. 117.7

interpretation = subjective understanding
If we interpret these articles in the Articles of Confederation by the rules objectors have used on the new Constitution, the existing Congress has the power to legislate about everything.
p. 152.1

interpret = explain the meaning of
Remain silent on the subject; leave the definition of "necessary and proper" powers to interpretation and inference.
p. 164.9

interpretation = judicial judgment
Should the term "expressly" be interpreted strictly or loosely?
p. 165.1

interpreted = understood as meaning
A strict interpretation would strip the federal government authority and Congress could betray the public interests by doing nothing.
p. 165.1

interpretation = understanding of meaning
A loose interpretation would destroy the restriction: Congress could violate the Constitution by using powers that are necessary and proper but are not expressly granted.
p. 165.2
First, the power usurpation will only succeed if the executive and judiciary departments, which execute and interpret legislative acts, support it.
p. 165.9 *

interpret = explain the meaning of
Some Constitutional Misinterpretations
p. 186.5

misinterpretations = wrong understandings

standard prefix: The prefix "mis-" in misinterpretations means wrong and reverses the meaning of interpretations. This is the same pattern you see in words like misunderstand, misbehave, and misuse.
One is that judges, who are interpreters of the law, might be improperly biased because they have a previous opinion.
p. 271.8

interpreters = people who explain things in a particular way
And the other branches have to accept the legislature's interpretation.
p. 286.1

interpretation = explanation of meaning
Courts interpret law.
p. 286.3

interpret = explain the meaning of
The courts don't have to follow this rule, but it seems proper that it should direct their conduct as interpreters of the law.
p. 286.8

interpreters = people who explain meaning
National laws must be interpreted uniformly.
p. 292.1

interpreted = understood
The Supreme Court will interpret laws, according to the spirit of the Constitution.
p. 296.6

interpret = explain the meaning of
Nothing in the new Constitution directly give the national courts the power to interpret laws according to the spirit of the Constitution.
p. 297.1
The same spirit that made the laws would probably interpret them.
p. 297.6

interpret = determine the meaning of
This shows it is improper to use a technical interpretation from the jurisprudence of only one State.
p. 301.7

interpretation = understanding (of something in a particular way)
This might be interpreted in two ways.
p. 304.2

interpreted = understood
But the last appears to be the most natural and the most defensible interpretation.
p. 304.4

interpretation = understanding or explanation of meaning
If the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court were confined to appeals from inferior federal courts instead of allowing their extension to the State courts, it would abridge the latitude of the terms in subversion of the intent, contrary to every sound rule of interpretation.
p. 305.6

interpretation = explanation of meaning
The inventors of this fallacy try to support it by perverting the true meaning of legal maxims of law interpretation.
p. 306.5
Interpretation of Laws: Common Sense
p. 306.7
The rules of legal interpretation are rules of common sense adopted by the courts in the interpretation of the laws.
p. 306.8
The rules of legal interpretation are rules of common sense adopted by the courts in the interpretation of the laws.
p. 306.8
Therefore, the true interpretation is whether it conforms to the source from which it is derived.
p. 306.8
Constitutional provisions are to be interpreted using their obvious meaning, not technical rules.
p. 307.4

interpreted = understood or explained

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(1) (interpret as in: interpret Spanish to English)
to translate someone’s words into spoken words of another language while they are speaking
(2) (interpret as in: her interpretation of the data)
to understand or explain something in a particular way -- often the meaning or significance of something
(3) (interpret as in: her musical interpretation)
capture someone else's ideas, or express personal artistic ideas or feelings while performing someone else's work
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

interpret in The Federalist Papers -- Modern English Edition 2 (Edited)

interpret
in
The Federalist Papers -- Modern English Edition 2
(Edited)