See Also: CONTEMPORANEOUS EXPOSITION(law)
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Exposition(money)
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EXPOSITION DE PART, French law(law)

CONTEMPORANEOUS EXPOSITION (law)


CONTEMPORANEOUS EXPOSITION. The construction of a law, made shortly after its enactment, when the reasons for its passage were then fresh in the minds its enactment, when the reasons for its passage were then fresh in the minds of the judges, is considered as of great weight: contemporanea expositio est of the judges, is considered as of great weight: contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima in lege. 1 Cranch, 299. optima et fortissima in lege. 1 Cranch, 299.