DEFINITIONS & OBJECTIVES OF INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES
DEFINITIONS & OBJECTIVES OF INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES DEFINITIONS & OBJECTIVES OF INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES Meaning of Interpretation: The term ‘Interpretation’ has been derived from the Latin term ‘ Interpretari ’, which means to explain, expound, understand or to translate. Interpretation can be held to be a process of explaining, expounding or translating any text or anything in written form. Interpretation of Statutes basically denotes an act of discovering the true meaning of the language which has been used in the statute. Definition of ‘Interpretation of Statutes’: Interpretation can be defined as the art of finding out the true sense of an enactment by giving the words of the enactment their natural and ordinary meaning. Interpretation of the statutes is the procedure of ascertaining the true meaning of the words used in a statute. The Court is expected to interpret arbitrarily and therefore there have been certain principles which have evolved out of