Literal may refer to:
* Interpretation of legal concepts:
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Strict constructionism
In the United States, strict constructionism is a particular Philosophy of law, legal philosophy of judicial interpretation that limits or restricts the powers of the federal government only to those ''expressly'', i.e., explicitly and clearly, ...
** The
plain meaning rule
The plain meaning rule, also known as the literal rule, is one of three rules of statutory construction traditionally applied by English courts. The other two are the " mischief rule" and the "golden rule".
The plain meaning rule dictates that ...
(a.k.a. "literal rule")
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Literal (mathematical logic)
Literal may refer to:
* Interpretation of legal concepts:
** Strict constructionism
** The plain meaning rule (a.k.a. "literal rule")
* Literal (mathematical logic), certain logical roles taken by propositions
* Literal (computer programming), ...
, certain logical roles taken by propositions
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Literal (computer programming)
In computer science, a literal is a textual representation (notation) of a value as it is written in source code. Almost all programming languages have notations for atomic values such as integers, floating-point numbers, and strings, and usual ...
, a fixed value in a program's source code
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Biblical literalism
Biblical literalism or biblicism is a term used differently by different authors concerning biblical interpretation. It can equate to the dictionary definition of literalism: "adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense", where literal me ...
* Titled works:
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''Literal'' (magazine)
** Three-issue series
''The Literals'', in ''Fables'' comics franchise
See also
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Literal and figurative language
The distinction between literal and figurative language exists in all natural languages; the phenomenon is studied within certain areas of language analysis, in particular stylistics, rhetoric, and semantics.
*Literal language is the usage of wor ...
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Literal translation
Literal translation, direct translation, or word-for-word translation is the translation of a text done by translating each word separately without analysing how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence.
In translation theory, anoth ...
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Literalism (disambiguation)
Literalism may refer to:
*Biblical literalism, a term used differently by different authors concerning biblical interpretation
*Qur'anic literalism, see Bi-la kaifa
*The principle of aiming at a literal translation
* Literalism (art), a style of ...
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Littoral (disambiguation)
Littoral zone is an area near the coastline of a body of water.
Littoral or Litoral may also refer to:
Geography Current entities
* Littoral (Benin), a department of Benin
* Litoral (Bolivia), a province of Oruro Department, Bolivia
*Litoral (Equ ...
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Literally
''Literally'' is an English adverb meaning "in a literal sense or manner" or an intensifier which strengthens the associated statement. It has been used as an intensifier in English for several centuries, though recently this has been considered ...
'', English adverb
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