Washington, London and Paris imposed it based on a strained interpretation of a resolution designed to protect the Kurds.

"We will contest the novel and strained interpretation of the regulations."

He added that the charges appeared to result from a "strained interpretation" of the events of 1983.

But it said such a strained interpretation of the law was necessary to avoid the difficult constitutional problems that would arise if she had no official status.

"USX believes that the indictments and verdicts were the products of strained and erroneous interpretations of complex statutes," the company said.

The plaintiffs cannot prevail unless the court accepts the strained and unprecedented interpretation of the state constitution that the plaintiffs advance.

It did so by a strained interpretation of Congressional statutes.

This argument hides behind a strained interpretation of liberty as it advances the selfish notion that a constitutional right is equivalent to an absolute freedom.

President Bush describes the mission as human rights surveillance, based on a strained interpretation of a 16-month-old U.N. resolution.

Paul Craig argues that this results in the courts adopting linguistically strained interpretations instead of issuing declarations of incompatibility.