@Daryo 10:40 Mar 5, 2020
I don't think that's quite right. I believe that the "meaning" is the literal sense of the words as printed, while "intent" goes beyond that to mean the intent of the legislators when they passed the law. So, the meaning of the law that said London taxi cabs had to carry a bale of hay was just that. The intent was to feed the horse in the days when the cabs were horse-drawn. If a hypothetical court found a (horseless carriage) taxi driver guilty of failing to carry a bale of hay, it would be ruling according to the meaning, not the intent, of the law. |