INTERPRETATION (from

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• LAT

Lat. interpretari, to expound, explain, inter pres, an

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• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent, go-between, interpreter; inter, between, and the

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• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root pret-, possibly connected with that seen either in

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• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek 4 p4'ew, to speak, or irpa-rrecv, to do)  , in general, the action of explaining, or rendering the sense of an obscure form of words or an unknown tongue into a language comprehended by the person addressed . In legal use the word " interpretation " is employed in the sense of ascertaining the meaning of the language of a document, as well as its relation to facts . It is also applied to acts of parliament, as pointing out the sense in which particular words used therein are to be understood . The interpretation of documents and statutes is subject to definite legal rules, the more important of which will be found in the articles CONTRACT, STATUTE, WILL, &C .