LEGAL WORD
Contemporanea expositio
Latin phrase · Interpretation
Contemporanea expositio
- Type: Latin phrase
- Area of law: Interpretation
1 What it means
Contemporaneous exposition. How a law was understood and applied at the time it was made can help interpret it.
2 Use it in a sentence
Old government circulars were used as contemporanea expositio of the Act.
3 Make it stick
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