Sentence examples for were understood to mean from inspiring English sources

He was best known for championing originalism — the theory that calls for interpreting the Constitution as its words were understood to mean at the time of its ratification.

That provision was understood to mean that active homosexuals could not serve.

At dinnertime, the words Greek, Chinese and Italian are understood to mean cuisines, not languages.

"A crescendo," therefore, means "a growing," and in music, "to make a crescendo" is understood to mean "to get louder".

But the statement could easily be understood to mean that healthy animals are never euthanized in the U.S.

In the countries where it is lower than 18 years, it is understood to mean "informed consent".

Public use has long been understood to mean what it says: a road, a public school or the like.

Of course the Russian position could be understood to mean that they prefer to lose Syria as an ally rather than be seen to abandon it.

In a separate, concurring opinion, Justice Breyer said the decision should not be understood to mean that ordinary zoning decisions were now subject to equal protection challenges.

He was understood to mean that the others would compete for second-string rides behind the Italian but his true meaning now becomes clear.

By "bad faith," the amendment has always been understood to mean that a defendant could be compensated if the prosecution behaved unethically even when its case was legitimate.