The art or process of discovering and expounding the intended signification of the language used lu a statute, will, contract, or any other written document, that is, the meaning which the author designed it to convey to others. People v. Com’rs of Taxes, 95 N. Y. 559; Rome ▼. Knox, 14 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 272; Ming v. Pratt, 22 Mont 262, 56 Pac. 279; Tallman v. Tallman, 3 Mlsc. Rep. 465, 23 N. Y. Supp. 734
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
