interpret

1. 1. to read, construe, or attempt to understand. 2. to decide a writing or document’s meaning.

Constitutional Law: Courts may interpret federal or state constitutional law provisions as well as subordinate laws that may conflict with them.

Contracts: Courts routinely interpret contract provisions to determine the obligations of parties and the effects of their failures to perform their promises.

Wills: Probate courts often have to interpret wills to determine the testator’s intent of the party who died.