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Sylvia Else wrote:
Only totally corrupt judges. Real judges use dictionaries every day all day
to help make judgments. Semantics is their thing, or at least it\'s supposed
to be.
Judges must be language experts because they must understand the meaning of
written laws. Their job is to apply law to facts. They cannot do that unless
they know what words mean. The meaning of a particular word or phrase is
frequently questioned in court cases. They debate meanings all the time.
A law is only good if its meaning is understood. That is a thing between the
lawmaker and the governed. Meanings are critically important in law.
amdx wrote:
From Google, \"Definitions fro Oxford Languages\"
 How long before Googles deletes these definitions?
 Female
 Noun
an adult female human being.
 Woman
adjective
of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs,
distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova)
which can be fertilized by male gametes.
Dictionaries just tell you how words are used by native speakers of a
language. They cannot help you make judgements about real-life issues.
Only totally corrupt judges. Real judges use dictionaries every day all day
to help make judgments. Semantics is their thing, or at least it\'s supposed
to be.
Judges must be language experts because they must understand the meaning of
written laws. Their job is to apply law to facts. They cannot do that unless
they know what words mean. The meaning of a particular word or phrase is
frequently questioned in court cases. They debate meanings all the time.
A law is only good if its meaning is understood. That is a thing between the
lawmaker and the governed. Meanings are critically important in law.