Range Extender. Plug Power is developing fuel cell range extenders to use with an emerging class of electric delivery vehicles. These electric vehicles can only travel a specific distance on one charge, on average, approximately 80 miles. By adding a hydrogen fuel cell, that range can more than double.
Strict construction is the opposite of liberal construction, which permits a term to be reasonably and fairly evaluated so as to implement the object and purpose of the document. An ongoing debate in U.S. law concerns how judges should interpret the law.
By Justin Quinn. Definition: Strict construction is a legal term typically applied to a form of exacting judicial interpretation. The term is sometimes misidentified as strict constructivism.. The practice of strict constructionism requires a judge to apply the text of the law in a formalist way -- only as it is written. This means a judge or panel of judges must first obtain a clear meaning of the text. Once the text of a law is interpreted clearly, there is no need to draw further inferences from statutes of the law. Strict constructionism belongs to a family of judicial interpretation theories known as originalism.. Employing strict constructionism is one way for conservative judges to practice judicial restraint.