The Court considered that the general doctrine of narrow construction of exemption clauses does not apply in the instant policy, and therefore it was necessary to consider the construction of all relevant terms. (ukscblog.com)
If we expect certain kinds of behavior and we expect everyone to conform to them, that is a really narrow construction of society and it's a really narrow conception of public space,» they say. (omgchronicles.vickilarson.com)
James Madison advocated for the ratification of the Constitution in The Federalist and at the Virginia ratifying convention upon a narrow construction of the clause, asserting that spending must be at least tangentially tied to one of the other specifically enumerated powers, such as regulating interstate or foreign commerce, or providing for the military, as the General Welfare Clause is not a specific grant of power, but a statement of purpose qualifying the power to tax. (politics.stackexchange.com)