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authentic interpretation

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A quick definition of authentic interpretation:

Interpretation is the process of figuring out what something means, like a law or a document. It's like solving a puzzle to understand what the author intended to say. There are different ways to interpret something, like by looking at the words themselves or by comparing it to other similar things. Sometimes, you can ask the person who wrote it what they meant, which is called authentic interpretation. Interpretation can also mean translating something from one language to another.

A more thorough explanation:

Definition: Authentic interpretation is the process of determining the intended meaning of a law or legal document by asking the drafter or drafting body what they meant.

Example: If a law is unclear or ambiguous, a court may ask the person or group who wrote the law what they meant by it. This is called authentic interpretation. For example, if a law says "no vehicles allowed in the park," but it's unclear whether bicycles count as vehicles, a court may ask the lawmakers who wrote the law if they intended for bicycles to be included or not.

Authentic interpretation is one of several methods of statutory construction, which is the process of interpreting and applying laws. Other methods include grammatical interpretation (interpreting based solely on the words themselves), liberal interpretation (interpreting according to what the reader believes the author reasonably intended), and strict interpretation (interpreting according to what the reader believes the author must have been thinking at the time of writing).

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when do they send out decisions?
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
20:16
usually Dec 15
ok ty!!
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
20:35
berkeley gaslit us
KnowledgeableGaudyMillipede
20:35
berk myth
KnowledgeableGaudyMillipede
20:35
fake news
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
20:36
berkeley better hit me with a "goodnight king" text smh
KnowledgeableGaudyMillipede
20:36
watching the dodgers go down 3 runs in the first inning, getting gaslit by berkeley, and watching trump drive a garbage truck and clown biden/harris is driving me insane today
LushFreez
20:37
my R from berkeley in march was at 5:48 pm
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
20:37
was that cali time?
LushFreez
20:38
yea
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
20:38
welp no sleep now
KnowledgeableGaudyMillipede
20:38
well its 8:38 EST so that gives us 10 minutes
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
20:39
So the clip of Jimmy Fallon with the rizzler is exactly 8 minutes so if we all start watching that now, we will know our fate by the end of it
LOL WTF BERKELEY
PLS
SOMETHINF
20:47
genuinely confused but also saw ppl not getting things back til 10:30 EST or something
20:47
i really wonder when they scheduled it for
I’m gonna hold out hope
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
20:48
It's gonna be so cute when I wake up to nothing from Berkeley tomorrow morning
Oh well
Can’t believe them
20:56
@SirEggan: not the same institution, of course, but i recall people getting rejected from UCLA at 10:00 PM eastern last cycle
20:58
was around 8pm est for me... i remember it all too well
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Anyone here do the Georgetown video?
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Any update from Nova?
Dkk
21:33
What a day for Kamala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHYde92vkxQ
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