Divined
/dɪˈvaɪnd/
Definitions
- (v.) Past tense and past participle of divine, meaning to discover or declare by intuition or insight, often used in legal contexts to infer intent or meaning.
The court divined the parties' intent from the contract language.
Forms
- divine
- divining
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Commentary
In legal drafting and analysis, 'divined' typically refers to the act of discerning intent or meaning beyond explicit text, useful in statutory or contractual interpretation.
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