Etymology
(=origin)
D
e
r
i
v
e
(=originate
or
grow)
Te
r
m
(=word or
ex
pr
ess
i
on
)
Meaning of the P
h
r
as
e
‘
I
n
t
e
r
p
r
e
t
a
t
i
o
n
of
Law
’
:
The
terms
‘
in
t
e
rpr
e
t
a
t
io
n
’
and
‘
la
w
’
respectively
means
‘
u
nd
e
r
s
t
a
nd
i
n
g
’
and
‘
r
ule
’
.
Thus
the
ph
r
as
e
‘
i
nterpr
e
ta
ti
on of
l
aw
’
means
‘
und
e
r
s
t
a
nd
in
g
of r
ule
’
.
Phrase
(
=
ex
pr
ess
i
on
)
Meaning of the
T
e
r
m
‘
I
n
t
e
r
p
r
e
t
at
i
o
n
’
A
cc
o
r
d
i
n
g
to B
l
ac
k
’
s
Law
D
i
c
t
i
o
n
a
r
y
Edition
8
t
h
:
The
p
r
o
cess
of
d
e
t
e
r
mini
ng
what
something
especially
the
law
or
legal
document means.
P
r
o
cess
(=
me
thod
)
D
e
t
e
r
mi
n
e
(=decide)
Especially
(=particularly
or
m
a
in
ly
)
J
o
hn
Salmond & Concept of
‘
Inte
r
pr
e
ta
t
io
n
of
La
w
’
:
According
to John
Salmond,
the phrase
‘
i
nterpr
e
ta
ti
on of
l
aw
’
means
‘
the process by which court
seeks
t
o
decide
the
meanings
of
law. According
to
him
there are two
kinds
of
i
nterpr
e
ta
ti
on:
(1)
Grammatical
Interpretation &
(2)
Logical
Interpretation
Concept
(
=
i
d
ea
)
Seek
(=search for)
(1) G
r
am
m
at
i
c
al
I
n
t
e
r
p
r
e
t
at
i
o
n
:
The term
‘
g
r
a
mm
a
t
ic
a
l’
refers to the
‘
r
ules
of
language
that
govern
the
s
t
r
u
c
t
u
r
e
of a
se
n
t
e
n
ce
’
.
In
g
r
a
mm
a
t
i
ca
l
interpretation
of
law, language rules
are
applied
to understand the
meaning
of
l
aw
.
Gr
am
m
a
r
(=language
rules)
Go
v
e
r
n
(=manage)
S
t
r
u
c
t
u
r
e
(= arrangement)
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i
v
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What
F
a
c
t
o
r
s
A
ff
e
c
t
s
G
r
a
mm
a
t
i
c
al
I
n
t
e
r
p
r
e
t
at
i
o
n
of
Law
:
Affect
(=have an effect on)
Following
factors affect the process of true
grammatical
i
nterpr
e
ta
ti
on:
(a)Ambiguous
language.
(b)
Inconsistency
&
(c)
I
n
c
o
m
p
l
e
t
e
n
ess
Ambiguous
La
ng
ua
g
e
:
The term
‘
a
m
b
ig
uo
u
s
’
means
‘
doub
t
f
ul’
or
‘
u
n
c
le
a
r
’
.
Sometimes,
a sentence or part of a sentence produces two
or more different
meanings causing vagueness
or
elusiveness in understanding
the
law;
under such
situation,
it
is
the
duty
of the court to
logically
determine
the
real meaning
of the sentence
by establishing
the
more
n
at
u
r
al
,
consonant
and
obvious
meaning
of the sentence.
N
at
u
r
al
(=
nor
ma
l
)
Consonant
(=suitable)
Obvious
(
=
c
l
ea
r
)
Inconsistency in the
Construction
of
La
w
:
The term
‘
i
n
c
on
s
i
s
t
e
n
c
y
’
means
‘
c
on
t
r
a
d
i
c
t
i
on
’
or
‘
d
i
sc
r
e
p
a
n
c
y
’
.
Where
different
parts of
law
are
i
n
c
on
t
r
a
d
i
c
t
ion
with
one another
in
such a manner that
they
d
es
t
r
o
y
and
nullify
the
s
p
i
r
i
t
of
law, it
becomes the duty of court to
logically discover
the true
intention
of the
le
gis
la
t
u
r
e
and make the
parts of
law
consistent
with
one another.
Con
s
t
r
u
c
t
i
o
n
(=structure)
C
on
t
r
a
d
i
c
t
ion
(=disagreement
or d
i
sc
r
e
p
a
n
c
y
))
D
es
t
r
o
y
(=pull down)
Nullify
(=cancel
out)
Spirit
(
=
w
ill
or force)
L
e
g
i
s
l
at
u
r
e
(=parliament
or
law making
bod
y
)
Consistent
(
=
d
e
p
e
nd
a
b
l
e
)
Incompleteness of
Law
:
The term
‘
i
nc
o
mpl
e
t
e
n
ess
’
means
‘
la
ck
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