Sentence examples for text is ambiguous from inspiring English sources

The text is ambiguous.

"The constitutional text is ambiguous," Breyer wrote.

Once it is determined that the statutory text is ambiguous, the rule requires that the more lenient interpretation prevail.

When the Constitution's text is ambiguous or silent on a subject, Scalia's method is to determine whether a long-standing American tradition has supported the practice under challenge.

And Scalia's resort to tradition when the text is ambiguous wouldn't have helped to overturn segregation, either, since segregation was a long-standing American tradition.

However, the Bureau contends, courts may only use the noscitur a sociis canon if the statutory text is ambiguous or contains strong contextual cues that interpretation should be limited.

But the resulting text was ambiguous.

Hindu texts are ambiguous about homosexuality.

But what happens when the text of the law is ambiguous, or if one part of the text conflicts with another?

Instead of specifically permitting the use of force, the text is more ambiguous.

The text is, however, ambiguous and unclear on what happens next.