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What does construing mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of construe
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In reading the objectives, instructions and guidance the court is not construing a statute, or even subordinate legislation.
That was said in a low, level voice and I suddenly realised how she might be construing this.
I was addressed by both parties on the principles of law to be adopted in construing patent specifications.
Ryle warns against construing the fact that avowals are unassailable as indicating that there is special kind of knowledge in play.
Vivian Lynch felt Whitehead was wrong in construing this as an invasion-of-privacy case.
The other way of construing things, of course, is that it is a perfect get-out clause.

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