Sentence examples for construed strictly from inspiring English sources

Last Tuesday morning, an appeals court in Washington State ruled in a case involving two toenails removed with pliers, three fingers severed by axe, and whether the word "opportunities," in the law, must be construed strictly in the plural.

Slavery, of course, was wholly abolished from the Constitution in the 1860s with the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, which is why no constitutional scholar today, right, left or center, would argue that the Constitution -- whether construed strictly, loosely, or just right -- condones the institution.

He then held it was a well-established principle that a provision ousting the ordinary jurisdiction of the court must be construed strictly – if such a provision is reasonably capable of having two meanings, the meaning which preserves the ordinary jurisdiction of the court should be taken.

The confidentiality of lawyer-client communications is fiercely guarded by the law and any departure from it in the national security context must be narrowly construed and strictly justified".

Also, construed too strictly these duties can interfere with other individual rights, e.g., the right to privacy.

The divisions in the movement expressed varying attitudes toward Scripture as the norm of faith and practice: Churches of Christ construing it strictly, Disciples more loosely.

Hence, courts try to construe these strictly to minimise their impact.

The El Rosario Clinic, however, found that this contradicted the fact that the provision itself must be interpreted strictly as RS Art 22 (2) states: 'The definition of a crime shall be strictly construed and shall not be extended by analogy.

She said that statute was intended to be "strictly construed against" prosecutors and "liberally interpreted in favor" of a defendant.

The legislation is based on the notion that certain basic, strictly construed restrictions affecting all media content should be allowed.

The ideological antithesis of Warren Court liberals are Reagan-era conservatives like Justice Antonin Scalia, who argue that the Constitution should be "strictly construed" in light of its original meaning.