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construed

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Built by Domino's Pizza founder Tom Monaghan on the edge of a Florida swamp, and now run by George W Bush's former director of faith-based initiatives, the university insists that students "dress modestly" and pretty much refrain from doing anything that could be construed as fun.

This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the parties agree that the English courts shall have non-exclusive jurisdiction in relation to this agreement.

This agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New South Wales and the parties agree that the courts of New South Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to this agreement.

As Hinds explained: "Under New Jersey law, if a person's presence at the scene of a crime can be construed as 'aiding and abetting' the crime, that person can be convicted of the substantive crime itself".

His murder came less than a month after Douglas Hogg, a Home Office minister at the time, complained that some solicitors in Northern Ireland were "unduly sympathetic to the cause of the IRA", remarks widely construed as referring to Finucane.

Such commissions could be construed, in effect, as part of the underwriting fees earned by the bank.

But his defeat by Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary cannot be construed as a defeat for the party itself.

But while it could be "legitimately construed" that Mr Zuma had misled parliament over the renovations, the report also said he may have made a "bona fide mistake".

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