单词 | reading down |
释义 | > as lemmasreading down reading down n. Law (originally Australian) (with reference to a judicial authority) the action or an act of interpreting a law, contract, etc., narrowly so as to ensure it is constitutional or consistent with superior laws; the practice of such interpretation. ΚΠ 1932 Commonw. Law Rep.: High Court Austral. 47 15 This reading down of the sub-section cannot affect the interpretation of the general powers. 1979 Times of India 30 Oct. 4/4 The doctrine of ‘reading down’ was permissible only when the court was satisfied that the legislature had inadvertently used a general expression. 1998 S. Kentridge in Constit. Reform in U.K. (Univ. Cambr. Centre Public Law) vii. 69 The executive, as litigant, will..in most instances prefer a ‘reading down’ of contested litigation to a declaration of incompatibility. 2009 Times (Nexis) 3 Nov. 69 The claimant sought..the reading down and reinterpretation of section 8 of the 2002 Act. < as lemmas |
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